Saint-Tite | |
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Motto: L'union dans l'action | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Mauricie |
RCM | Mékinac |
Constituted | December 23, 1998 |
Government | |
• Mayor | André Léveillé |
• Federal riding | Saint-Maurice—Champlain |
• Prov. riding | Laviolette |
Area | |
• City | 92.90 km2 (35.87 sq mi) |
• Land | 92.53 km2 (35.73 sq mi) |
• Urban | 2.58 km2 (1.00 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• City | 3,880 |
• Density | 41.9/km2 (109/sq mi) |
• Urban | 2,306 |
• Urban density | 893.8/km2 (2,315/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | 1.4% |
• Dwellings | 2,155 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways | R-153 R-159 |
Website | www |
Saint-Tite is a town in Quebec province, Canada, north of Trois-Rivières, in the Mékinac Regional County Municipality (RCM) and in the administrative region of Mauricie. In the 19th Century, the economy of this city of Batiscanie developed the forestry and agriculture. With many small businesses, Saint-Tite expanded through the production of leather goods and various type of shops. Saint-Tite became a capital of the region, especially by the school administration, secondary education, health and social services. Today, resort sector and tourism count as important activities. Its chief industries were forestry, agriculture and leather production.
The city of Saint-Tite is particularly known for the Festival Western de Saint-Tite, which takes place in September every year. The Festival Western de Saint-Tite was developed from a rodeo inaugurated in 1967 to promote the leather industry. The Festival Western de Saint-Tite is the largest Western attraction in Eastern Canada. This festival of Eastern style, under the epithet Western, has an international reputation. The festival's success has led to the remodelling of some of the town's infrastructures to resemble a western frontier town of the late nineteenth or early twentieth centuries.
Since 1999, the Rodeo of Festival Western de Saint-Tite is awarded as the "Best outdoor rodeo in America". The festival features a variety of activities that take place at a rate of horsemen and the sound of country music and in Eastern decor: competition, conference, parade, tasting, demonstrations, exhibitions, shows ... The horsemen and women can participate in various tests of skill on the Monte horse or wild bull (with or without a saddle). They can participate in speed events, such as steer socket, or skill tests, such as the race between barrels.
During the 10 days of the Festival, several events take place in the various marquees erected around the city of Saint-Tite or at the Country Club Desjardins, a site that looks like a typical western town. The festival is marked by a country western character. The contest "Galaxie Rising Star Award" awarded at the Festival contributes to the development of musical talent in the country western area.
Saint-Tite is an important part of the novel Les Filles de Caleb (The Caleb's Daughters), written by Arlette Cousture.
The mission of Saint-Just-de-Kapibouska was established in 1851 around Lake Kapibouska, on the site of the present city of Saint-Tite. In Algonquin langage, Kapibouska name means "where there are reeds". In 1859, the Bishop of Trois-Rivières has retained the surname Saint-Tite for canonical foundation. And the civil erection of the parish municipality occurred in 1863. The parish was named in honor of Titus, Apostle and companion of Paul Bishop of Knossos.[5]
Saint-Tite is located 30 km northeast of Shawinigan. The territory of 92.53 km2 is situated in the Mauricie region and the Mékinac Regional County Municipality. It shares its borders with the municipalities of Sainte-Thècle, Grandes-Piles, Hérouxville, Saint-Adelphe and Proulxville.
The city is located in the lowlands of the St. Lawrence valley. The terrain is generally flat with some hills. The northwest marks the boundary with the Laurentians. The altitude in the municipality is from 110 to 309 m. The basement consists of Precambrian gneiss.[6]
The city is crossed by the Rivière des Envies, a tributary of the Batiscan River. Rivière des Envies has its source at Lake Traverse in Sainte-Thècle and enters at the northern part (in "Grand marais" sector) of the territory of Saint-Tite. It crosses the municipality through the city, then headed to Proulxville.
The Saint-Tite has several lakes for the resort, the most important is the Lake Pierre-Paul which the discharge flows into the River Pierre-Paul. This small river crosses rang St-Thomas-South (Sainte-Thècle), then rang St-Émile (Saint-Adelphe), before emptying into the Batiscan River in village of (Saint-Adelphe).
Saint-Tite is crossed by roads 153 and 159. The first connects with Shawinigan Saint-Tite and Lac-aux-Sables. The second allows you to go to Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac and Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade. It is also served by the railway passengers with three-week trip to Montreal, Saguenay and Senneterre.
Population trend:[7]
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 1846 (total dwellings: 2155)
Mother tongue:
The first inhabitants Indians to settle permanently in Saint-Tite were Métis, Montagnais and Algonquins who lived in the vicinity of Lake Kapibouska. This stretch of water, located along the south-west of the village, was formed by a bulge in the river-des-Envies caused by large beaver dams. The non-Aboriginal settlers contributed to the disappearance of the lake by the demolition of the dams to counteract the adverse effects of spring flooding on agriculture, transport and surrounding buildings.
The first pioneers from Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan, Champlain, Grondines, Neuville and Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures settled in 1833 around the Lake Kapibouska. A Catholic mission, Saint-Just-de-Kapibouska, was established in 1851. The municipality of the parish of Saint-Tite was incorporated on 11 July 1863. The population of the municipality progressed to 3 000 in 1900. On 4 June 1910, the city of Saint-Tite broke away from the parish. The two were merged December 23, 1998.
Union in action
The coat of arms of the city was adopted in 1954 by the city council.[8]
The coat of arms of Saint-Tite is blazoned thus: Greek cross gules a chief azure point, flanked by a toothed wheel segment money dexter and a gear segment sinister gold, containing a skin tight leather gold dextral and sinistral spruce money, overcoming mountains of sand placed on a terrace or charged with a blue river.
Gratien Gélinas (1909–1999), playwright and actor.
Julie Boulet, politician for the Liberal Party of Quebec.
Manon Bédard, singer (1969- ).
Saint-Tite is particularly known for its Western Festival which takes place every year in September since 1967. In 2008, the festival attracted 585,581 visitors.[9]
School Emily Bordeleau, who inspired the novels of Arlette Cousture "Les Filles de Caleb", is located in Saint-Tite.
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