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Encyclopedia > Montebello, Quebec

Montebello is a village located in the La Petite Nation area of the Ottawa River region of Quebec, Canada. As of the 2001 census, there were 1,039 permanent residents. The village has a total area of 7.85 km²> (3 mi²). This is about the river in Canada. ... ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... This article is about the unit of measure. ...


Non-native settlement of the area began in the early 19th century when land was purchased by the family of Louis-Joseph Papineau. Later, Louis-Joseph Papineau built the Manor of Montebello which is preserved by Parks Canada as the Manoir Papineau National Historic Site. Portrait of Louis-Joseph Papineau. ... Parks Canada is a Canadian government agency whose purpose is to protect and present nationally significant examples of Canadas natural and cultural heritage and foster public understanding, appreciation and enjoyment in ways that ensure their ecological and commemorative integrity for present and future generations. ...


The village is world famous for Le Château Montebello resort, the largest log structure ever built. This resort was the host for the 1983 NATO Nuclear Planning Group, and the 1981 G7 Economic Summit. 1983 is an integer and composite number that represents a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The flag of NATO NATO 2002 Summit The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), sometimes called North Atlantic Alliance, Atlantic Alliance or the Western Alliance, is an international organisation for defence collaboration established in 1949, in support of the North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington, D.C., on April 4, 1949. ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1983 G-7 Economic Summit in Williamsburg, Virginia (left to right) Pierre Trudeau, Gaston Thorn, Helmut Kohl, François Mitterrand, Ronald Reagan, Yasuhiro Nakasone, Margaret Thatcher, Amintore Fanfani. ...


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Montebello, Quebec - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (171 words)
Montebello is a municipality located in the Papineau Regional County Municipality of Western Quebec (Canada).
Non-native settlement of the area began in the early 19th century when land was purchased by the family of Louis-Joseph Papineau.
The village is world famous for the Château Montebello resort, the largest log structure ever built.
Montebello - Quebec History (122 words)
, a village in Papineau county, Quebec, on the north shore of the Ottawa river, 43 miles east of Hull.
It was incorporated in 1878, but the name was given earlier to his seigniory by Louis Joseph Papineau, in honour of the Duke of Montebello, whose friendship Papineau had won when in France, and who later visited him here.
The Papineau seigniory was originally designated by the name "La Petite Nation", from the name of the Algonkian tribe that originally inhabited this locality.
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