Rivière-Ouelle
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Rivière-Ouelle () is a town located in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality within the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec. It is located on the Saint Lawrence River; the Ouelle River flows through the town. It was part of the seignory of La Bouteillerie, once owned by Charles Deschamps de Boishébert et de Raffetot. Jean-Charles Chapais, a Father of Canadian Confederation, was born here.
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- Official name
- Rivière-Ouelle
- Demonym
- Riveloise
- Country
- Canada
- Located in
- Kamouraska
- Population
- 1017
- Area
- 147.86
- Shares border with
- Saint-Philippe-de-Néri
- Official website
- www.riviereouelle.ca
- Image
- Rivière-Ouelle.JPG
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- Rivière-Ouelle
- inception
- 1855-07-01
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Rivière-Ouelle () is a town located in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality within the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec. It is located on the Saint Lawrence River; the Ouelle River flows through the town. It was part of the seignory of La Bouteillerie, once owned by Charles Deschamps de Boishébert et de Raffetot. Jean-Charles Chapais, a Father of Canadian Confederation, was born here.
==Geography== thumb|left|Rivière-Ouelle in July 2006 Rivière-Ouelle lies on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rivière-Ouelle” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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