Rimouski

Rimouski is a city in Quebec, Canada. Rimouski is located in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region, at the mouth of the Rimouski River. It has a populace of 46,860. Rimouski is the site of Universite du Quebec a Rimouski, the Cegep de Rimouski and the Music Conservatory. It is additionally the home of some sea sciences inquire about focuses. The city was established by Sir Rene Lepage de Ste-Claire in 1696. Initially from Ouanne in the Burgundy locale, he traded property he possessed on the lle d'Orleans with Augustin Rouer de la Cardonniere for the Seigneurie of Rimouski, which reached out along the St. Lawrence River from the Hatee River at Le Bic to the Metis River.

De la Cardonniere had been the proprietor of Rimouski since 1688, yet had never lived there. Rene Lepage moved his family to Rimouski, where it held the seigneurie until 1790, when it was sold to the Quebec City agent Joseph Drapeau. Rimouski has a functioning social life, being the host of the celebrations like Festi Jazz International since 1982, the Grandes fêtes du St-Laurent, a familial melodic occasion occurring the principal week-end of July and a universal movies celebration, the Carrousel global du film de Rimouski.