Saint-André-d'Argenteuil, Quebec
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Laurentides (region)
The Laurentides is a region of Quebec. While it is often called the Laurentians in English, the region includes only part of the Laurentian mountains...
region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Argenteuil Regional County Municipality
Argenteuil Regional County Municipality, Quebec
Argenteuil Regional County Municipality is located in southern Quebec, Canada, part of the Laurentides region. The Regional County Municipality seat is Lachute.-History:...
. It is located along the Ottawa River
Ottawa River
The Ottawa River is a river in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. For most of its length, it now defines the border between these two provinces.-Geography:...
, just south of Lachute.
History
Carillon, being located at the foot of the Long-Sault rapids on the Ottawa RiverOttawa River
The Ottawa River is a river in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. For most of its length, it now defines the border between these two provinces.-Geography:...
, has a long history. It started out as a trading post
Trading post
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at the beginning of the seventeenth century, and then a relay station for voyageurs. Here in 1660, Adam Dollard des Ormeaux
Adam Dollard des Ormeaux
Adam Dollard des Ormeaux, , also known as Adam Daulaut, Daulac, or simply as Dollard des Ormeaux, was a colonist and soldier of New France...
and his companions saved New France
New France
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from attack by the Iroquois
Iroquois
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during the Battle of Long Sault
Battle of Long Sault
The Battle of Long Sault occurred over a five day period in early May of 1660 during the Beaver Wars. It was fought between French colonial militia, with their Huron and Algonquin allies, against the Iroquois Confederacy. The battle took place along the Ottawa River in Canada next to a series of...
, according to tradition. In 1671, an officer of the Carignan Regiment
Carignan-Salières Regiment
The Carignan-Salières Regiment was a Piedmont French military unit formed by merging the Carignan Regiment and the Salières Regiment in 1659. The regiment began their existence in combat against the Ottoman Empire before being reorganized to consist of twenty-four companies before being sent to...
, Philippe Carion (Carrion), obtained the area as a concession in the Montreal Island Seigneury from Dollier de Casson and established a trading post. But the name Carillon was reported in 1686 in the journal of Chevalier de Troyes
Pierre de Troyes, Chevalier de Troyes
Pierre de Troyes, Chevalier de Troyes , a captain in the French army arrived at Quebec in August 1685 with reinforcements for the colony...
.
Around 1800, settlers of Scottish
Scotland
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origin settled at the confluence of the North River (Rivière du Nord
Rivière du Nord (Laurentides)
Rivière du Nord is a river in the Laurentides region that flows into the Ottawa River. The oldest bridge over the river was constructed by William Shaw near the village of Shawbridge, now part of the town of Prévost....
) and Rouge River near the Ottawa River. In 1819, the post office with the English name of St. Andrews
Saint Andrew
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East (frenchified to Saint-André-Est in 1978) was established here, having adopted the name of the patron saint
Patron saint
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of the Scottish settlers. Also here two years later in 1821, John Joseph Caldwell Abbott
John Abbott
Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott, PC, KCMG, QC was the third Prime Minister of Canada. He served in the office for seventeen months, from June 16, 1891 to November 24, 1892. - Life and work :...
, Prime Minister of Canada from 1891 to 1892, was born. In 1845, the Argenteuil Municipality was founded, but was abolished two years later. In 1855, the Parish Municipality of Saint-André-d'Argenteuil was formed.
In the nineteenth century, the timber industry was very active in this section of the Laurentian Mountains
Laurentian mountains
The Laurentian Mountains are a mountain range in southern Quebec, Canada, north of the St. Lawrence River and Ottawa River, rising to a highest point of 1166 metres at Mont Raoul Blanchard, north east of Quebec City in the Reserve Faunique des Laurentides. The Gatineau, L'Assomption, Lièvre,...
and the first paper mill
Paper mill
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in Canada was built on this land in 1803. From the 1830s onward, Carillon became the site of the Carillon Canal
Carillon Canal
The Carillon Canal is a National Historic Site in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil, Quebec, Canada. It preserves the historic Carillon Canal that was first built in the 1830s to facilitate travel on the Ottawa River...
, built to facilitate military transport up the Ottawa River. It was enlarged in the 1870s to accommodate commercial boat traffic. Today it is a National Historic Site of Canada. In 1959, construction began on the Carillon Generating Station
Carillon Generating Station
The Carillon Generating Station is a hydroelectric power station on the Ottawa River near Carillon, Quebec, Canada. Built between 1959 and 1964, it is managed and operated by Hydro-Québec. It is a run-of-river generating station with an installed capacity of 752 MW, a head of , and a reservoir of...
and dam, raising the Ottawa River water level by over 62 feet (18.9 m) at Carillon, flooding the rapids of Long-Sault and transforming them into calm water.
Carillon and Saint-André-Est became independent municipalities in 1887 and 1958 respectively, their territories being separated from the Parish Municipality of Saint-André-d'Argenteuil. But on December 29, 1999, the Village Municipality of Saint-André-Est, the Village Municipality of Carillon, and the Parish Municipality of Saint-André-d'Argenteuil were rejoined into the new Municipality of Saint-André–Carillon, which was renamed on November 25, 2000, to Saint-André-d'Argenteuil.
Demographics
Population:- Population in 2006: 3097 (2001 to 2006 population change: 8.0 %)
- Population in 2001: 2867
- Population total in 1996: 2921
- Carillon:258
- Saint-André-d'Argenteuil: 1192
- Saint-André-Est: 1471
- Population in 1991:
- Carillon: 193
- Saint-André-d'Argenteuil: 1061
- Saint-André-Est: 1374
Total private dwellings, excluding seasonal cottages: 1202 (total: 1426)
Mother tongue:
- English as first language: 4.8 %
- French as first language: 94.0 %
- English and French as first language: 0.3 %
- Other as first language: 0.9 %