Lawrence rivers, the site had been frequented by Amerindians since prehistoric times. The French established a fur trading post there to take advantage of this Indigenous meeting place. Heritage buildings include the Boucher-De Niverville Manor, which has one of the rare authentic wooden frameworks dating from the French Regime.
This interpretation centre has exhibits on the lifestyle of the early Canadians. There is also a collective transportation available for different communities in the Mauricie region. Transport collectif du Haut St-Maurice French only. If you need to see a doctor, please go to medical clinics without appointment to get non-emergency medical care. Dialling promptly puts you in contact with a nurse in case of a non-urgent health issue. The service is available 24 hours a day, days a year.
Namespaces Page Discussion. Views Read Edit View history. Main page Travel destinations Star articles What's Nearby? Tourist office Random page. It was also then that the population moved beyond the boundaries of the early settlement to live on the first terrace. Postwar prosperity and the automobile encouraged the population to live farther from the centre.
With the population spread and with the construction of shopping centres on the edge of the city, the downtown core declined commercially. A few beautiful early 19th-century buildings, including the old prison and the cathedral , also survived.
The population grew rapidly again in the early 20th century, with the opening of paper and textile mills and an influx of people from neighbouring parishes.
It grew from 10 to 42 between and So many people moved to the suburbs and neighbouring communities during the s that in the city's population began to decline. In the early s, the pulp and textile industries provided nearly three-quarters of the manufacturing jobs. When manufacturing became more diversified, especially into foodstuffs, clothing, metals and electrical appliances, the dominant pulp and paper and textile industries declined, and by provided slightly less than half the total manufacturing jobs.
The tertiary sector grew steadily throughout the following decades, mainly through the establishment of government offices serving the regional population. As the major route penetrating the continent, the St Lawrence River continued to be the only link with the rest of the colony until construction of the Chemin du Roi was completed along the north shore in The port came under the control of the National Harbours Board from the private sector in
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