SUNSET OVER ST. LAWRENCE RIVER | CAPUCINS | CAP-CHAT | GASPESIE | QUEBEC | CANADA

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From Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cap-Chat,_Quebec

Cap-Chat is a town in the Canadian province of Québec, in the Regional County Municipality of Haute-Gaspésie, and in the administrative region of Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine. Cap-Chat is found 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) west of Sainte-Anne-des-Monts. As of 2006, Cap-Chat's population is 2,777.

In addition to Cap-Chat itself, the town's territory also includes the communities of Cap-Chat-Est, Capucins, and Petit-Fonds.

There are two theories about the origin of the town's name. One simply holds that the headland called Cap-Chat bore a likeness to a cat ("chat" in French). The other theory is a bit more fanciful. According to a local legend, a cat walking along the shore killed and ate various animals, whereupon the "cat fairy" accused him of having eaten her offspring. For his punishment, the cat was turned into stone for ever.

It seems most likely, however, that the town's name is a corruption of "Aymar de Chaste", who was New France's lieutenant-general in 1603.

The waterfront boardwalk at Cap-Chat has a display of photographs and informative plaques regarding the Second World War Battle of the St. Lawrence between U-Boats and coastal defence ships.

Cap-Chat was one of the prime viewing areas for the total solar eclipse of July 10, 1972. Unfortunately, cloudy skies prevented most observers from viewing the total phase of the eclipse.

On March 15, 2000, the Municipality of Capucins was amalgamated into the Town of Cap-Chat

fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capucins_(Qu%C3%A9bec)

Le village des Capucins emprunte son toponyme à la rivière des Grands Capucins et au ruisseau des Petits Capucins1. Ces deux cours d'eau furent nommés ainsi parce qu'on y a trouvé deux rochers ayant l'allure de moines revêtus de leur bure1. Aujourd'hui, ces deux rochers n'existent plus parce que l'un a été détruit par l'érosion et l'autre fut utilisé comme matériau de remplissage par un entrepreneur vers 1930. Le nom « Capucin » de l'endroit remonte avant 1754, car dans un texte écrit cette année on peut lire que les marins nomment cet endroit le Capucin.

La municipalité la partie ouest du canton de Romieu est créée en 1915, et change de nom pour Capucins en 1953.

La municipalité des Capucins fut créée en 1915. Elle demeura une municipalité à part entière jusqu'au 15 mars 2000 lorsqu'elle fut fusionnée à la ville de Cap-Chat1. La paroisse des Capucins, Saint-Paul-des-Capucins, fut érigée canoniquement en 1875.

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