La Tuque is a city in northeastern Quebec, Canada on the Saint-Maurice River, between Trois-Rivières and Chambord. In 1960 it had a population of just over 11,000 (Latuquois). Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The city of Chicago, as seen from the sky The main square of the Catalan city of Sabadell during a popular celebration. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Saint-Maurice River is a river in central Quebec which flows south from Gouin Reservoir to empty into the Saint Lawrence River at Trois-Rivières, Quebec. ... Des Forges boulevard at night. ... Chambord can refer to: Château de Chambord Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, the French commune where the château is located Chambord (liqueur), a raspberry-flavored liqueur Chambord, Quebec, in Canada This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ...

La Tuque became the largest municipality in land area in Quebec, and second largest in Canada (38,000 km²) after it was merged with the village of Parent, the municipalities of La Bostonnais, La Croche, and Lac-Édouard, and the unorganized territories of Kiskissink, Lac-Berlinguet, Lac-des-Moires, Lac-Pellerin, Lac-Tourlay, Obedjiwan, Petit-Lac-Wayagamac, and Rivière-Windigo on March 26, 2003. The former city of La Tuque had itself been formed from the merger of La Tuque and La Tuque Falls in 1911. This is a list of the 100 largest cities and towns (see note) in Canada ranked by area. ... Parent is a community in northern Quebec, located in the municipality of La Tuque. ...

The name, which dates to the eighteenth century, originates from a nearby rock formation which resembles the well-known French-Canadian hat known as the tuque. In 1823-24, the explorer François Verreault described the location as A bright green tuque A tuque (Canadian French: tuque, also spelled toque in English) is a knitted hat, originally usually of wool though now often of synthetic fibers, that is designed to provide warmth in winter. ...

un Portage nommé Ushabatshuan (le courant trop fort pour le sauter). Les Voyageurs le nomment la Tuque, à cause d'une Montagne haute, dont le pic resemble à une Tuque. Ce portage est d'une lieue, avec des fortes côtes à monter.

("a portage named Ushabatshuan ('the rapids too strong to shoot'). The voyageurs call it La Tuque, due to a tall mountain whose peak resembles a tuque. The portage is a league long, and climbs steep slopes.")

The local economy centres on pulp and paper; the city has a pulp-milling centre as well as a major hydroelectric station. The local scenery offers tourism opportunities as well; the city is known as the Queen of Haute-Mauricie and the Classique internationale de canots de la Mauricie canoeing race begins at La Tuque. League is a unit of distance long common in Europe and Latin America, although no longer an official unit in any nation. ... Pulp and Paper is the name of the largest United States-based trade magazine for the pulp and paper industry. ... Hydroelectric dam diagram The waters of Llyn Stwlan, the upper reservoir of the Ffestiniog Pumped-Storage Scheme in north Wales, can just be glimpsed on the right. ... A wood-and-canvas canoe evokes the heritage of canoeing in North America A canoe is a small narrow boat, typically human-powered, but also commonly sailed. ...

Famous residents

• Félix Leclerc

1999 Canada Post stamp Félix Leclerc (August 2, 1914-August 8, 1988) was a Québécois folk singer, poet, writer, actor and political activist. ...

External links

• (French) La Tuque (Tourisme Haut-Saint-Maurice)
• (French) Ville de La Tuque (Haut-Saint-Maurice)

Mauricie (04)

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v • d • e Subdivisions of Quebec
Regions	Abitibi-Témiscamingue · Bas-Saint-Laurent · Capitale-Nationale · Centre-du-Québec · Chaudière-Appalaches · Côte-Nord · Estrie · Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine · Lanaudière · Laurentides · Laval · Mauricie · Montérégie · Montréal · Nord-du-Québec · Outaouais · Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
Territories	Basse-Côte-Nord · Jamésie · Kativik · Nunavik
Separated cities	Gatineau · Lévis · Notre-Dame-des-Anges · Rouyn-Noranda · Saguenay · Saint-Augustin · Shawinigan · Sherbrooke · Trois-Rivières
Agglomeration areas	La Tuque · Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine · Longueuil · Montreal · Quebec City
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