Dontenwill
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Dontenwill, QC (Nearby: Malakoff, Provence, Réserve écologique James-Little, La Tourette, Dulhut)

80 Rue Principale
Dontenwill, Québec
J0X 3H0


Quebec Tourism Region : Outaouais

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Origin and meaning

Since 1955, this name has identified a township located northeast of the municipality of Rapides-des-Joachims, on the north bank of the Ottawa River. It is an irregularly shaped geographical area covered in forests, uninhabited and made up of hills varying around 400 m in altitude. It is mainly bathed by Lake Dontenwill and the western part of Lake Saint-Patrice, which feeds the Black River, a tributary of the Ottawa River. Oblate Father Augustin Dontenwill (1857-1931) was a Frenchman from the Bas-Rhin region. Ordained a priest in Ottawa in 1885, he taught there for four years and later (1908) became the first Archbishop of Vancouver and Superior General of the Oblates. Proclamation: 1966.

Sources

Names and places of Quebec, work of the Commission de toponymie published in 1994 and 1996 in the form of a printed illustrated dictionary, and in that of a CD-ROM produced by the company Micro-Intel, in 1997, from this dictionary.

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Origine et signification

Ce nom identifie depuis 1955 un canton situé au nord-est de la municipalité de Rapides-des-Joachims, sise sur la rive nord de la rivière des Outaouais. Il s'agit d'un espace géographique de forme irrégulière couvert de forêts, inhabité et constitué de collines variant autour de 400 m d'altitude. Il est principalement baigné par le lac Dontenwill et la partie ouest du lac Saint-Patrice qui alimente la rivière Noire, affluent de l'Outaouais. Le père oblat Augustin Dontenwill (1857-1931) était un Français originaire du Bas-Rhin. Ordonné prêtre à Ottawa en 1885, il y enseigna pendant quatre ans et devint plus tard (1908) premier archevêque de Vancouver et supérieur général des Oblats. Proclamation : 1966.

Sources

Noms et lieux du Québec, ouvrage de la Commission de toponymie paru en 1994 et 1996 sous la forme d'un dictionnaire illustré imprimé, et sous celle d'un cédérom réalisé par la société Micro-Intel, en 1997, à partir de ce dictionnaire.

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