- Ville-Marie, Quebec
Ville-Marie is a town on
Lake Temiscaming in westernQuebec , Canada. It is the largest city in theTémiscamingue Regional County Municipality, Quebec .The municipality has a surface area of 6.11 km² and has a population of 2696 (2006).
CKVM-FM broadcasts from Ville-Marie. The town is also home to the Junior "A"Ville-Marie Dragons of theGreater Metro Junior A Hockey League .History
Ville Marie is the oldest town in the
Abitibi-Témiscamingue region. The town's first resident was an Oblate missionary who in 1874 started to build a farm here. He was followed by new settlers in the succeeding years.
* October 13, 1897: Founding of village of Ville-Marie.
* December 22, 1962: The village of Ville-Marie becomes the town of Ville-Marie.Geographic Location (8-way)
Centre = Ville-Marie
North = Duhamel-Ouest
Northeast =
East = Duhamel-Ouest
Southeast =
South = Duhamel-Ouest
Southwest =
West = "Lake Timiskaming " /Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part, Ontario
Northwest =
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