Saguenay is a city in Quebec, Canada. It was formed in 2002 by merging the cities of Chicoutimi and Jonquière and the town of La Baie. The name of the city means the end of the deepwater in the Montagnais, which had been used by the Innu for centuries. It played host to the Quebec Summer Games in 1972.
About Saguenay, Quebec in brief
Saguenay is a city in Quebec, Canada. It was formed in 2002 by merging the cities of Chicoutimi and Jonquière and the town of La Baie. The city was first settled in 1676 as a French trading post in the fur trade. It played host to the Quebec Summer Games in 1972. During the summer of 1996 a record rainfall in the region caused major flooding in the downtown, as well as outlying areas. In the 20th century, the world’s largest aluminum plant was built along with the city Arvida to supply power to the Alcan Alcan World Championships in slalom and whitewater racing in 1979. The name of the city means the end of the deepwater in the Montagnais, which had been used by the Innu for centuries. It is located at the confluence of the Sagueny River and the St. Lawrence River, about 200 kilometres north of Quebec City by overland route. It constitutes a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality ; its geographical code is 941. It forms the census division of Le Saguanay-et-son-Fjord. The mayor of Saguinay is Josée Néron, who has been in office since 2002 and is the current mayor of the borough of Chic outimi since 2007. The borough is divided into three boroughs: Chicoutimi, Jonqu ière and LaBaie. It also has a single city, Jonière, which was amalgamated into a single. city in 1975, and a single town, Kénogami, which was merged into a.
single city in 1991. It has a population of 2,856. It plays host to a number of international events, including the Canoe World Championships and the World Whitewater Championships in the winter of 1976, and the Quebec Winter Games in 1976, 1976, 1978 and 1982. It hosted the Winter Games for the 1976 Winter Olympics and 1976 Winter Paralympics for the Winter Olympics for the Games of Quebec in 1976 and 1978, and for the World Canoe Championships in 1979 and 1982, and in 1984 for the Summer Games for 1976 and 1984. The town of Jonières was founded in 1847 by Marguerite Belley, who came from La Malbaie to settle on the Rivière aux Sables. In 1855, it was designated as the seat of Chicoutsimi County and in 1878 as the. seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese. With the arrival of the Canadian National Railway in 1893, the local pulp and paper industries expanded, particularly in mechanical pulp production. By 1910 the Chicoutimo Pulp Mill became the biggest producer of mechanical pulp in Canada. In 1925 and 1928, the biggest aluminum plant in the world was built at Shipshaw. In 1942, the largest hydroelectric power station was built in Shipshaw that was the largest in world at that time. In 1976, the city was the host for the Canal World Championships for the winter Olympics.
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