Jacques Cartier (disambiguation)
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- Jacques Cartier (businessman)Jacques Cartier (businessman)Jacques Cartier was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in the town of Quebec in 1750, the son of a Quebec merchant. He studied at Longue-Pointe and became a merchant at Quebec. Around 1772, he moved to Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, where he became a grain merchant...
(1750–1814), Canadian entrepreneur and politician - Jacques Cartier (jeweler)Jacques Cartier (jeweler)Jacques-Theodule Cartier was one of three sons of Alfred Cartier and the brother of Pierre Cartier and Louis Cartier. Pierre's grandfather, Louis-François Cartier had taken over the jewellery workshop of his teacher, Adolphe Picard, in 1847, thereby founding the famous Cartier jewellery...
(1885–1942)
Places in Québec, Canada
Natural features- Jacques-Cartier RiverJacques-Cartier RiverThe Jacques-Cartier River is a river in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is 161 km long and its source is Jacques-Cartier Lake in Laurentides Wildlife Reserve, and flows in a predominantly southern direction before ending in the Saint Lawrence River at Donnacona, about 30 km upstream...
- Mont Jacques-CartierMont Jacques-CartierMont Jacques-Cartier is a mountain in the Chic-Choc Mountains range in eastern Quebec, Canada. At , it is the tallest mountain in southern Quebec....
, mountain - Lac-Jacques-Cartier, QuebecLac-Jacques-Cartier, QuebecLac-Jacques-Cartier is a large unorganized territory in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada, in the La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality, making up more than 85% of this regional county...
Parks
- Jacques-Cartier National ParkJacques-Cartier National ParkJacques-Cartier National Park is a provincial park located 50 km north of Quebec City. The park has the mission of protecting a representative territory of the Laurentian massif.It is quite close to Canadian Forces Military Base Valcartier...
- Jacques Cartier ParkJacques Cartier ParkJacques Cartier Park is a park in Gatineau, Quebec, across the river from the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa. It is named for French explorer Jacques Cartier, who arrived at the mouth of the Ottawa River while he was looking for the Northwest Passage. The National Capital Commission uses the...
- Jacques Cartier Provincial ParkJacques Cartier Provincial ParkJacques Cartier Provincial Park is a provincial park in Prince Edward Island, Canada....
- Jacques Cartier State ParkJacques Cartier State ParkJacques Cartier State Park is located in the Town of Morristown in Saint Lawrence County, New York. The park is located on the south bank of the St...
Populated places :
- La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality, QuebecLa Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality, QuebecLa Jacques-Cartier is a regional county municipality in northeastern Quebec, Canada. It is located in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec. The seat is in Shannon...
- Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, QuebecSainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, QuebecSainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier is a town in Quebec, Canada, located in the regional county municipality of La Jacques-Cartier, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale. The Jacques-Cartier River passes through the city....
- Jacques-Cartier (Longueuil)Jacques-Cartier (Longueuil)Jacques-Cartier was a city located on the south shore of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was named after the founder of New France, Jacques Cartier...
- Jacques-Cartier, SherbrookeJacques-Cartier, SherbrookeJacques-Cartier is an arrondissement, or borough, of the city of Sherbrooke, Quebec. The borough comprises the portion of pre-amalgamation Sherbrooke located north of the Magog River...
Electoral districts
- Jacques-CartierJacques-CartierJacques-Cartier is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It was created in 1853, and named after French explorer Jacques Cartier who discovered the Saint Lawrence Valley between 1534 and 1542 in part of what would become New...
, provincial electoral district - Jacques Cartier (electoral district)Jacques Cartier (electoral district)Jacques Cartier was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1953.It was created by the British North America Act of 1867...
, a federal electoral district in Quebec from 1867 to 1953 - Jacques-Cartier—LasalleJacques-Cartier—LasalleJacques-Cartier—Lasalle was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1953 to 1968.This riding was created in 1952 from parts of Jacques Cartier and Verdun—La Salle ridings...
, former federal electoral district - Portneuf—Jacques-CartierPortneuf—Jacques-CartierPortneuf—Jacques-Cartier is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1867...
, current federal electoral district
Other
- Jacques Cartier Monument (Montreal)Jacques Cartier Monument (Montreal)The Jacques Cartier Monument is a monument in the neighbourhood of St-Henri in Montreal.- Overview :The monument to Jacques Cartier was unveiled in 1893. It was designed by Joseph-Arthur Vincent....
- Place Jacques-CartierPlace Jacques-CartierPlace Jacques-Cartier is a square located in Old Montreal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and an entrance to the Old Port of Montreal.- Overview :...
, street - Jacques Cartier BridgeJacques Cartier BridgeThe Jacques Cartier Bridge is a steel truss cantilever bridge crossing the Saint Lawrence River from Montreal Island, Montreal, Quebec to the south shore at Longueuil, Quebec, Canada...
, a.k.a. Pont Jacques-Cartier - Jacques Cartier (L9033)Jacques Cartier (L9033)The Jacques Cartier is one of five BATRAL vessels operated by the French Navy.The BATRAL vessels are able to ferry over 400 tons of matériel, in the hangar and on the deck. Loading and unloading can be done from a harbour or from a beach. Two flat-bottom vessels allow unloading 50 men and...
- Jacques Cartier StakesJacques Cartier StakesThe Jacques Cartier Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually since 1954 at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. Run in mid April, the sprint race is open to horses aged four and older and is run over a distance of six furlongs on Polytrack synthetic dirt.Inaugurated in 1954 at...
- Jacques Cartier StraitJacques Cartier StraitThe Jacques Cartier Strait is a strait in eastern Quebec, Canada, flowing between Anticosti Island and the Labrador Peninsula. It is one of the two outlets of the Saint Lawrence River into its estuary, the Gulf of Saint Lawrence...