Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec
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| Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec | |
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| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality |
| Settled | 1850 as Fraserville |
| Incorporated | 1919 as Rivière-du-Loup |
| Population (2006) | |
| - Total | 18,586 |
| Time zone | Eastern (UTC-5) |
| - Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Website: Official city site | |
Rivière-du-Loup (2006 population 18,586) is a small city on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec. The city is the seat for the Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality.
It is a traditional stopping point between Quebec City, the Maritimes and the Gaspé Peninsula. The Trans-Canada Highway turns south here and continues to Edmundston, New Brunswick. There is a ferry which crosses the river to Saint-Siméon, Quebec on the north shore. There is also an airport (IATA airport code YRI).
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[edit] History
The city was named after the nearby river, whose name means Wolf's River in French. This name may have come from a native tribe known as "Les Loups" or from the many seals, known in French as loup-marin (sea wolves), once found at the river's mouth.
Rivière-du-Loup was originally established in 1673 as the seigneurie of Sieur Charles-Aubert de la Chesnaye. The community was incorporated as the village of Fraserville, in honour of early settler Alexandre Fraser, in 1850, and became a city in 1910. The city reverted to its original name, Rivière-du-Loup, in 1919.
The city is known for its spectacular sunsets.
[edit] Media
[edit] Television
Rivière-du-Loup is an unusual television market, as each of its stations has two transmitters in the city. As a result of the region's hilly geography, it is virtually impossible for a television station to serve the entire area with a single transmitter, as parts of the broadcast area experience signal dropout. Accordingly, each station in the city has both a primary transmitter and a low-power rebroadcaster to serve viewers who cannot receive the primary signal.
Additionally, the city is served by Canada's only triple-stick operation, in which all three of its licensed stations are owned by the same company, Télé Inter-Rives.
[edit] Radio
- FM 89.5 - CJBR-1, La Première Chaîne
- FM 90.7 - CBRX-3, Espace musique
- FM 103.7 - CIEL, AC
- FM 107.1 - CIBM, CHR
- FM 107.9 - CIBM-1
[edit] People
Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada's first prime minister, had a summer home in Rivière-du-Loup.
People born there include:
- Dr. John McLoughlin, known as "the father of Oregon"
- Allan Sirois, professional hockey player
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