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THREE RIVERS

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RIVERS , or TRoIs RIVIERES, a See also:city and See also:port of entry of See also:Quebec, See also:Canada, and See also:capital of St See also:Maurice See also:county, situated at the confluence of the rivers St Maurice and St See also:Lawrence. The St Maurice flows in from the See also:north, and, being divided at its mouth by two islands, the channels give the See also:town its name. It is on the See also:line of the See also:Canadian Pacific railway, 78 m. S.W. of Quebec and 92 M. N.E. of See also:Montreal. Founded in 1634 by See also:Champlain, Three Rivers is one of the See also:oldest towns in Quebec. It is the centre of a large See also:lumber See also:trade, which is carried on along the St Maurice and its tributaries. Some See also:miles from the city are the St Maurice forges, where See also:iron wares were manufactured as See also:early as the 17th See also:century. Other See also:industries are See also:furniture- and See also:cabinet-making, See also:boot and See also:shoe making, and those carried on in the See also:brass and See also:lead foundries, saw-See also:mills, and See also:carriage factories. The city is the seat of a See also:Roman See also:Catholic bishopric. A large trade is carried on in lumber, See also:grain, See also:cattle, &c., which are shipped to See also:South See also:America, the See also:West Indies, See also:Great See also:Britain and the See also:United States, and a great development has been caused by the utilization of the See also:water-See also:power of the St Maurice at Shawanegan, See also:Grand See also:Mere and other falls, for the manufacture of See also:wood pulp. As a result, the See also:population, See also:long stationary or slightly declining, increased from 8334 (1891) to 9981 (19o1), and 12,730 (1906).

The city was almost destroyed by See also:

fire on the 23rd of See also:June 1908, but it was quickly rebuilt.

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