Settlements Established in 1676 - Ashby, Massachusetts, Chicoutimi, Sloviansk, Korablino (Paperback)

Chapters: Ashby, Massachusetts, Chicoutimi, Sloviansk, Korablino. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Chicoutimi (pronounced ) is one of the three boroughs of Saguenay, Quebec, Canada, and was a separate city in its own right until 2002. Chicoutimi had a population of 59,764 in the Canada 2001 Census, the last census in which Chicoutimi was counted as a separate city. Situated at the confluence of the Chicoutimi and Saguenay Rivers, the placename is derived from Shkoutimeou, meaning "the end of the deep water" in the Montagnais language. Located 225 kilometres north of Quebec City, it is home to a branch of the Universite du Quebec. The site of Chicoutimi was first settled in 1676 as a French trading post in the fur trade. The city of Chicoutimi was founded in 1842 by Peter McLeod. Following the completion of a railway line to Roberval in 1893, Chicoutimi especially developed at the beginning of the 20th century as an industrial city based on pulp production. Since the Great Depression, the city became an administrative and commercial center. The Conservatoire de musique de Saguenay was founded in Chicoutimi in 1967, and the Universite du Quebec a Chicoutimi was founded in 1969. The city also played host to the Quebec Summer Games in 1972. In the municipal amalgamations of 1976, Chicoutimi annexed the neighbouring towns of Chicoutimi-Nord and Riviere-du-Moulin. In a later round of amalgamations of 2002, the cities of Chicoutimi, Jonquiere and La Baie were consolidated into the current city of Saguenay. After the merger, Chicoutimi is now considered a borough of Saguenay. During the month of July during the summer of 1996 record rainfall in the region caused major flooding in the downtown, as well as outlying areas. The total cost of the disaster w...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=184442