The Trois-Rivières Draveurs (French: Les Draveurs de Trois-Rivières ) were an ice hockey team based in Trois-Rivières , Quebec . The team was part of the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey (LNAH) and played at the Colisée de Trois-Rivières .
6-810: The team started in Pont-Rouge, Quebec in 1996–97 as the Pont-Rouge Grand Portneuf and became the Pont-Rouge Caron & Guay in 2001–02 before moving to Trois-Rivières in 2004–05. The team was known as the Trois-Rivières Caron & Guay until the 2013–14 season when the team name was changed to the Trois-Rivières Vikings . Before the 2014–15 season, the name was changed again, to the Trois-Rivières Blizzard. In July 2017, it
12-530: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Pont-Rouge, Quebec Pont-Rouge ( French pronunciation: [pɔ̃ ʁuʒ] , lit. ' Red Bridge ' ) is a Canadian city along the Jacques-Cartier River in southern Quebec , Canada . In the Canada 2021 Census the population was 10,121 inhabitants. The first efforts to colonise the area came around 1769. On April 15, 1867,
18-433: The archbishop of Quebec, Charles-François Baillargeon , founded the parish of Sainte-Jeanne-de-Neuville from portions of Cap-Santé, Saint-Basile, and Neuville. After the separation of the parish in two in 1911 (the village of Pont-Rouge and the parish of Sainte-Jeanne-de-Pont-Rouge), the new City of Pont-Rouge was established when these two municipalities merged on January 3, 1996. Transportation had considerable influence on
24-450: The construction of a second bridge le pont Rouge , which was free. It united the western part to the eastern part of Dupont Street, named in honour of Father Charles-François Dupont, who was priest there from 1917 to 1933. A newer bridge has now replaced this bridge as of 2009. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Pont-Rouge had a population of 10,121 living in 4,178 of its 4,344 total private dwellings,
30-474: The development of the parish, mainly the two bridges and the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway bridge in 1874. The Royal Bridge (now called Pont Déry), was reconstructed several times because of the weakness of the centre of the bridge. This bridge served its purpose for the transportation of heavy loads and mail between Quebec and Montreal. The bridge was a toll bridge, and the money served
36-593: Was announced that the club had been renamed to Trois-Rivières Draveurs following a change in ownership. The new name was taken from the former major junior ice hockey team which competed in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League from 1973 to 1992. The new ownership had its membership revoked from the LNAH after one season. This Quebec -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Canadian ice hockey team-related article
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