Maniwaki is a town north of Gatineau and located north-west of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Gatineau ( 2006 census population 242124 is a city in western Quebec, Canada. Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec The town is situated on the Gatineau River, along Route 105, not far south of Route 107 and the Trans-Canada Highway. The Gatineau River is a River in western Quebec, Canada which rises in lakes north of the Baskatong Reservoir and flows south to join the Ottawa Route 105 is a north-south highway in Quebec, Canada. It runs from Hull (now part of Gatineau) where it is known as Boulevard Saint-Joseph Provincial Highway 107 (Route 107 is a short 30km north/south highway on the north shore of the St The Trans-Canada Highway is a federal-provincial Highway system that joins all ten provinces of Canada. It is the administrative centre for La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality, Quebec. La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau (The Valley of the Gatineau is a Regional County Municipality in the Outaouais region of western Quebec,
The town was given the name "Maniwaki", Algonquian for "Mary's Land", by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. The Algonquian (also Algonkian, and pronounced both and) languages are a subfamily of Native American languages that includes most of the languages in the Algic The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI is a religious order of the Roman Catholic Church founded on January 25, 1816 by Saint Some 150 years ago, the Reverend Oblate Fathers founded a mission and soon after, wood merchants, farmers, trade workers, businessmen and professionals, drawn by the forest's wealth, came to live. Maniwaki was founded in 1849 and the parish registers were started in 1851. Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Forestry took root and became the livelihood of many settlers in this still virgin region. Irish, French and American Indians all contributed to the development of the town and lived side by side in harmony. Maniwaki was officially founded in 1851 and obtained the status of "Ville de la province de Québec" in 1957. 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar)
The first settlers of the region were the Algonquins. The Réserve de la Rivière Désert, also known as the Kitigan Zibi Reserve, is just to the south of Maniwaki.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the region, like everywhere in Quebec, was hit by an epidemic of the Spanish influenza. The 1918 flu pandemic (commonly referred to as the Spanish flu) was an Influenza Pandemic that spread to nearly every part of the world In less than two weeks, some twenty deaths were related to this sickness. Scared, people refused to go outdoors, and for the first time in its history, a Sunday passed without any mass being celebrated at the Assumption church.
The flood of 1974 is an event remembered by the local population. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. On May 14 of that year, the waters of the Gatineau river and those of the Désert River overflowed. Events 1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the The water rose at an alarming rate of 3 to 6 inches an hour. Over 1,000 residences in the Maniwaki area were flooded and approximately 3,000 persons had to be evacuated. Although no one was injured, damages reached many millions of dollars.
Since 1974, no other major calamity has occurred. The area continues prospering every year in two predominant fields, namely forestry and tourism.
Demographics
- Population Town of Maniwaki: 4102 (2006 Census of Canada)
- Population of Kitigan Zibi Reserve: 1165 (2006 Census of Canada)