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Chicoutimi - Quebec History (332 words) |
 | Chicoutimi, the county town of Chicoutimi county, Quebec, and seat of the bishopric and judicial district of Chicoutimi, is on the Saguenay river and at the terminal of the Canada Steamship Lines and the Canadian National Railway. |
| Chicoutimi river, in Chicoutimi and Montcalm counties, Quebec, rises in the height of land near lake Jacques Cartier, mingles its waters with those of lake Kenogami, and thence flows southward 17 miles until it falls into the Saguenay at Chicoutimi. |
| Its navigation is prevented by numerous falls and rapids; and the magnificent falls at Chicoutimi are estimated to have a hydraulic force of 30,000 horse-power. |
| Chicoutimi (433 words) |
| Chicoutimi was an important staging point on the route that 17th-century native hunters took to sell their furs in TADOUSSAC, and in 1676 New France authorities built a trading post here. |
| The present city is the amalgamation of the municipalities of Chicoutimi, Chicoutimi-Nord, Rivière-du-Moulin and the parish of Chicoutimi. |
| Chicoutimi was not alone, for flooding occurred throughout the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region in what is considered the most severe flooding in Canadian history. |
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