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24-703: The team started as the Saint-Lin-Laurentides Gladiateurs in 1996–1997. The team moved to Sainte-Thérèse , Quebec to become the Sainte-Thérèse Chiefs in 1997–1998. It moved to Laval in 1998–1999, playing at the Colisée de Laval as the Laval Chiefs . During its time at Laval, the team won the Futura Cup in 2001-2002 and 2002–2003. The Laval Chiefs were also featured in a 2004 documentary on

48-633: A group from Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu and it moved there for the 2006–2007 season, playing at the Colisée Isabelle-Brasseur and renamed from 2006 to 2008 as the St-Jean Summum Chiefs. The Saint-Jean Summum Chiefs won the Futura Cup in 2006–2007, after having played their last two playoff series in their former home, the Colisée de Laval. With a move to Saguenay in 2008, it became known as

72-600: A land area of 9.48 km (3.66 sq mi), it had a population density of 2,798.8/km (7,249.0/sq mi) in 2021. The Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Îles (CSSMI) operates Francophone public schools. Some students are zoned to École Plateau Saint-Louis or to École de la Renaissance in Blainville and some are zoned to École secondaire Jean-Jacques-Rousseau in Boisbriand . Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates Anglophone public schools: There

96-427: A leader in the equipment market. Inventors of the first pull-type forage harvester in the world with macerating rolls for hay and corn (invented in the 1970s, which would later become important in a Claas vs John Deere proprietary patent lawsuit). After the initial success, more divisions would emerge; concrete silos, maple syrup extraction equipment and agricultural technology development soon followed. Sainte-Thérèse

120-534: A movable chute that can direct snow across the full 180 degrees of motion in front of the appliance. Snow blowers range from the very small, capable of removing only a few inches (a few more cm) of light snow in an 18 to 20 in (457 to 508 mm) path, to the very large, mounted onto heavy-duty winter service vehicles and capable of moving 20-foot (6.10 m) wide, or wider, swaths of heavy snow up to 6 feet (1.83 m) deep. Snow blowers can generally be divided into two classes: single-stage and two-stage. On

144-471: A number of piano factories, including Pianos Lesage . Before the General Motors plant arrival in 1966 (in neighbouring Ste-Thérèse Ouest, now Boisbriand), Agricultural and equipment company Machineries Dion was the biggest employer of the region. Steel combines were design and produce from 1940 and beyond. Steel foundry, state of the art workshop, cast iron parts and ingenious thinking made Machineries Dion

168-538: A single-stage snow blower, the auger (the paddle mechanism visible from the front) pulls snow into the machine and directs it out of a discharge chute. The auger contacts the ground, making single-stage snow blowers unsuitable for use on unpaved surfaces. On a two-stage snow blower, the auger pulls snow into the machine and feeds it into a high-speed impeller, which in turn directs it out of a discharge chute. Two-stage snow blowers can generally handle deeper snow depths than single-stage ones, and because their augers don't touch

192-471: Is Arthur Sicard  [ fr ] (1876–1946) who is generally credited as the inventor of the first practical snow blower. In 1925 Sicard completed his first prototype, based on a concept he described in 1894. He founded Sicard Industries in Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec and by 1927 his vehicles were in use removing snow from the roadways of the town of Outremont , now a borough of Montreal . His company

216-404: Is a French-language private school, Académie Sainte-Thérèse , which has its secondary school campus here. Snow blower A snow blower or snowblower or snow thrower is a machine for removing snow from an area where it is problematic, such as a driveway , sidewalk , roadway , railroad track , ice rink , or runway . The commonly used term "snow blower" is a misnomer, as

240-534: Is also a Paccar plant that manufactures light and medium-duty Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks. Home and garden company, Botanix, originate from Sainte-Thérèse. Founders and brothers, Guy and Wilfred Dion, started a business that would become Pavage Dion and Centre du Jardin Dion. Groupe Rona stepped in and expanded the company to become one of the largest landscaping and flower company in Québec. Sainte-Thérèse formerly had

264-637: Is mostly known as a home for heavy industry , but it is also a centre of recreational and tourist activities. It is near the southern limit of a web of cross-country ski trails which meander through the Laurentides . Heading north, it is possible to undertake several nature-filled days of skiing towards major resort centres such as Mont-Tremblant . During the summer, many of the ski trails are used as dedicated bicycle paths, making it possible to undertake day-long or week-long cycling excursions through unspoiled areas, from one resort area to another, without sharing

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288-458: Is now a division of SMI-Snowblast , Inc. of Watertown, New York . The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission estimates that each year there are approximately 5,740 snowblower related injuries in the United States which require medical attention. One problem with the design of the snow blower is that snow can build up in the auger , jamming it and stalling the motor. This is complicated by

312-462: Is served by the Sainte-Thérèse commuter rail station on the Exo (Réseau de transport métropolitain) Saint-Jérôme line . Local bus service is provided by CIT Laurentides . In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Sainte-Thérèse had a population of 26,533 living in 12,686 of its 13,202 total private dwellings, a change of 2.1% from its 2016 population of 25,989 . With

336-511: The 1960s, and were later introduced into the U.S. by the Boston Transportation Authority. The jet engine both melts and blows the snow, clearing the tracks faster than other methods. While offering considerably greater power in a relatively lightweight machine, this method is much more expensive than traditional snow removing methods. In Russia , the high cost is partially offset by utilizing retired military jet engines, such as

360-621: The Chiefs' enforcers, Les Chiefs . The Chiefs were part of the semi-professional QSPHL (1998–2003) and QSMHL (2003–2004). The team was sold to Genex Communications in 2005-2006 and were rechristened the Summum Chiefs after one of Genex's magazines, Summum . Accordingly, the Laval Chiefs were renamed as the Laval Summum Chiefs for 2005–2006 season. Genex sold the team to

384-590: The Saguenay 98.3, after the local radio station that sponsored the team, CKRS-FM (at the time under ownership of Corus Entertainment .) The players were sold but not the name "Summum Chiefs", which was retained by Genex; the Chiefs name instead transferred to the Saint-Hyacinthe franchise, which became the Saint-Hyacinthe Chiefs . The Saguenay team adopted the name "Marquis" beginning in 2009. Since 2012,

408-415: The fact that the auger could deform before applying enough resistance to the motor to turn it off. If the jam is cleared by hand, it is possible for the auger to return to its natural shape suddenly and with great force, possibly injuring the operator. Snow blowers are a leading cause of traumatic hand and finger amputations. The correct procedure is to turn off the engine, disengage the clutch and then clear

432-429: The ground, they can be used on unpaved surfaces. Depending on the design, snowblowers can be pressed into service throwing other things, such as water. Robert Carr Harris of Maple Green, New Brunswick patented a "Railway Screw Snow Excavator" in 1870. In 1923, Robert E. Cole patented a snowplow that operated by using cutters and a fan to blow snow from a surface. Various other innovations also occurred. However, it

456-627: The jam with a broom handle or other long object. In an effort to improve safety, many manufacturers now include a plastic tool to be used to clear jams, often mounted directly to the snow blower. Most modern machines mitigate this problem by including a dead man's switch to prevent the mechanism from rotating when the operator is not at the controls; these may be mandatory in some jurisdictions. Jet engines and other gas turbines are used for large scale propelling and melting of snow over rails and roads. These blowers first were used in Russia and Canada in

480-576: The parish of Sainte-Thérèse-d'Ávila. On June 1, 1849, the Village of Sainte-Thérèse was created following a request from Louis Marteau, Paul Filiatrault and Joseph-Benjamin Lachaîne to the Terrebonne County Parish Council. The Village will officially become a Town in 1916. The city was for several decades the home of Sicard Industries , the biggest maker of snow blowers in the world. There

504-481: The right of way with motorized vehicles. On September 23, 1683, in recognition of his military services, Joseph-Antoine Le Febvre de La Barre (governor of New France) granted the seigneury of the Thousand Islands to Michel-Sidrac Dugué de Boisbriand. The exploitation of the seigneury of 9 square miles began in 1714 when Marie-Thérèse Dugué de Boisbriand and her husband Charles Piot de Langloiserie took possession of

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528-569: The seigneury. In 1715, Langloiserie died and his wife, not having the energy to take care of the work of colonizing the land, left the Seigneurie abandoned. It was not until 1743 when Suzanne de Langloiserie and her husband Jean-Baptiste Céloron de Blainville took possession of the land. On October 15, 1789, Marie-Anne Thérèse de Blainville, to whom the Seigneury of Blainville was bequeathed jointly with her sister Marie-Hypolite de Blainville, inaugurated

552-408: The snow is moved using an auger or impeller instead of being blown (by air). It can use either electric power (line power or battery), or a gasoline or diesel engine to throw snow to another location or into a truck to be hauled away. This is in contrast with the action of snow plows , which push snow to the front or side. Typically, the snow is discharged to one side, but most snow throwers have

576-647: The team is playing in Jonquière , a borough (arrondissement) of the city of Saguenay , Quebec and is known as the Jonquière Marquis. (As Saint-Jean Summum Chiefs) Sainte-Th%C3%A9r%C3%A8se, Quebec Sainte-Thérèse ( French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t teʁɛz] ) is an off-island suburb northwest of Montreal , in southwestern Quebec , Canada, in the Thérèse-De Blainville Regional County Municipality . The town

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