Pont-Rouge
Sign in to savePont-Rouge (, ) is a Canadian city along the Jacques-Cartier River in southern Quebec, Canada. In the 2021 Canadian census the population was 10,121 inhabitants.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Pont-Rouge
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- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Vue du Moulin Marcoux et de la rivière Jacques-Cartier - Pont-Rouge.JPG
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- Moulin Marcoux
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- Armoiries Pont-Rouge.png
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- Pont-Rouge Quebec location diagram.png
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- Location within Portneuf RCM
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- Canada Central Quebec
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- left
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- Location in central Quebec
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- Country
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- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Capitale-Nationale
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- RCM
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Portneuf
- Settlement.established_title
- Settled
- Settlement.established_date
- ca. 1740
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Pont-Rouge (, ) is a Canadian city along the Jacques-Cartier River in southern Quebec, Canada. In the 2021 Canadian census the population was 10,121 inhabitants.
Transportation had considerable influence on the development of the parish, mainly the two bridges and the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway bridge in 1874. The Royal Bridge (now called Pont Déry), was reconstructed several times because of the weakness of the centre of the bridge. This bridge served its purpose for the transportation of heavy loads and mail between Quebec and Montreal. The bridge was a toll bridge, and the money served the construction of a second bridge le pont Rouge, which was free. It united the western part to the eastern part of Dupont Street, named in honour of Father Charles-François Dupont, who was priest there from 1917 to 1933. A newer bridge has now replaced this bridge as of 2009.