Bourget is a village in eastern Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

, Canada

Canada

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, near the Cobbs Lake Creek

Cobbs Lake Creek

Cobbs Lake Creek is a creek in Prescott and Russell County in eastern Ontario which empties into the South Nation River.Cobbs Lake is a large shallow lake which forms around the creek during the spring thaw. Fields are found around the lake, and these fields are flooded during the early spring...

, in the city of Clarence-Rockland

Clarence-Rockland, Ontario

Clarence-Rockland is a city in Eastern Ontario, Canada, in the United Counties of Prescott and Russell on the Ottawa River. Clarence-Rockland is located immediately to the east of Ottawa and is considered part of Canada's National Capital Region in the census....

 in the United Counties of Prescott and Russell

Prescott and Russell United Counties, Ontario

The United Counties of Prescott and Russell are consolidated counties located in the Canadian province of Ontario. As of 2006, the population is 80,184. Its county seat is L'Orignal, Ontario. It was created as a result of a merger between Russell County and Prescott County in 1820...

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It was named after Ignace Bourget

Ignace Bourget

Ignace Bourget was a French-Canadian Roman Catholic priest who held the title of Bishop of Montreal from 1840 to 1876. Born in Lévis, Quebec in 1799, Bourget entered the clergy at an early age, undertook several courses of religious study, and in 1837 was named co-adjutor bishop of the newly...

, who was bishop of Montréal

Montreal

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 from 1841 to 1876.

During the 1920s, logging of the white pine

Eastern White Pine

Pinus strobus, commonly known as the eastern white pine, is a large pine native to eastern North America, occurring from Newfoundland west to Minnesota and southeastern Manitoba, and south along the Appalachian Mountains to the northern edge of Georgia.It is occasionally known as simply white pine,...

 forests in this area had left a barren sandy area then known as the "Bourget Desert". Since that time, millions of trees were planted and this area is now known as the Larose Forest.

Two major roads pass through Bourget: one of them, the Russell Road, is used by commuters in the morning heading into Ottawa from the Eastern Ontario region; Road 138, which connects Rockland (north) to Casselman (south), is the second road passing through Bourget. This route is one of the few connecting the north to the south.

Bourget is slowly expanding. Many housing projects are being developed in the northern part of town, and the small business sector is growing in the heart of Bourget with the opening of a small strip mall.

Population:

• City Of Clarence-Rockland: 20,790 people (2006 Census)

Notable people from Bourget

Bourget was also the home of:

• Stéphane Yelle
  Stephane Yelle
  Stéphane Yelle is a former Canadian professional ice hockey centre. He won two Stanley Cups with the Colorado Avalanche, and also played in the National Hockey League with the Calgary Flames, Boston Bruins and the Carolina Hurricanes....
  
  , professional ice hockey center for the NHL currently playing for the Carolina Hurricanes
• Luc Lalonde, professional operatic baritone who now lives in Paris