Discover

:''Ville-Marie was also the original name of the City of Montreal, Québec.''

'Ville-Marie' is a town on Lake Temiscaming in western Quebec, Canada. It is the largest city in the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality, Quebec.
The municipality has a surface area of 11.94 km² and has a population of 2815 (2005).

Contents

History

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.