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23-428: QJHL may refer to: Quebec Junior Hockey League , founded 1988, Quebec's Junior A hockey league Quebec Major Junior Hockey League , founded 1969, Quebec's Major Junior hockey league Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title QJHL . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

46-991: A discipline style of hockey. The method paid off, and Lennoxville captured the Napa Cup as league champions and won the Fred Page Cup. Lennoxville finished the Royal Bank Cup 1–3, the Cougars exited the tournament with semi-finals loss to the Camrose Kodiaks of the AJHL. In 2003–04, the CJAHL and the LHJAAAQ saw the St-Eustache Gladiateurs ranked #5 overall in Canada. However, the Gladiateurs lost

69-547: A number of contemporary cultural events). A small local population clustered around the fort, and the entire area eventually became known as Chambly as well. Among the buildings around the Fort was St. Stephen's Anglican Church , which was built to serve the soldiers in garrison as well as the local Loyalist and English settler population. Chambly is also known for the Chambly Canal , a National Historic Site run by Parks Canada . It

92-764: Is an offshoot of the Quebec Junior A Hockey League that lasted from 1972 to 1982. Founded in 1988, the QJHL has been a rather strong league, with three Central Canadian Champions ( Dudley Hewitt Cup ) in its early years: the Longueuil Sieurs in 1990 and the Chateauguay Elites in 1993 and 1994. In 1994–95 they were grouped into the Eastern Canadian region to compete for the Fred Page Cup . The Joliette Nationals won

115-525: Is home to the annual Festival Bières et Saveurs de Chambly (Chambly Beers and Flavours Festival), an annual beer and local food festival that takes place every Labour Day weekend since 2002. Minors are allowed to attend, but must be accompanied by a parent or guardian at all times. There is a special zone in the festival area dedicated just for minors as well. The festival takes place just outside of Fort Chambly. The exo Chambly-Richelieu-Carignan region provides commuter and local bus services. In English,

138-427: The 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Chambly had a population of 31,444 living in 12,405 of its 12,609 total private dwellings, a change of 8% from its 2016 population of 29,120 . With a land area of 25.08 km (9.68 sq mi), it had a population density of 1,253.7/km (3,247.2/sq mi) in 2021. Population trend: Mother tongue language (2021) Chambly

161-579: The Second Continental Congress following on January 8, 1776. The regiment, which never approached its authorized size of 1,000 men, saw action primarily in the Canadian theater and New York, and was disbanded on January 1, 1781. The College of Chambly was chartered on March 21, 1835, in Lower Canada. Chambly is home to the massive Fort Chambly , built with local stone between 1709 and 1711 in

184-824: The South Shore Protestant Regional School Board and later the Richelieu Valley School Board previously served the municipality. Currently Chambly is served by the Riverside School Board and specifically by William Latter Elementary School. Anglophone secondary students in Chambly are zoned for Heritage Regional High School in Longueuil 's Saint-Hubert borough. In French, the Commission scolaire des Patriotes serves Chambly, with

207-806: The League. Owners of the team purchased the LaTuque Wolves, regained rights to the Braves name and logo and brought the team back to the Aréna Salaberry. Another long-time QJHL member, Kahnawake Condors, who were established in 1999 moved to Chambly, Quebec , to be re-branded as the Chambly Forts . Shortly after that move, the Gatineau Mustangs of the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League made

230-578: The canal is enjoyed by tourists and more than 7,000 pleasure boats in the summer, and ice skaters in the winter. St-Joseph of Chambly Church, at 164 rue Martel, was built between 1880 and 1881. The parish was founded in 1665. It sits on the Richelieu River in the Regional County Municipality of La-Vallée-du-Richelieu , at 45°27′00″N 73°17′27″W  /  45.45000°N 73.29083°W  / 45.45000; -73.29083 . In

253-530: The championship game 4–0 to Nepean. In 2014, 12-year president Richard Morency announced his resignation, but staying on until the transition to the new leadership. The league also announced that it was re-branding itself the Quebec Junior Hockey League (dropping the "AAA" designation) and introduced the corresponding new league logo. The summer also saw the return of the Valleyfield Braves to

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276-517: The end of the American Revolutionary War . During the occupation the 1st Canadian Regiment , an Extra Continental regiment , was raised by James Livingston to support Colonial efforts in the American Revolutionary War during the invasion of Quebec . Livingston recruited men from Chambly, Quebec as early as September 1775, but a formal regimental designation was made by Richard Montgomery on November 20, 1775, with recognition by

299-505: The finals to the Valleyfield Braves. Because Valleyfield was hosting the Fred Page Cup, the Gladiateurs got a berth in the tournament. Saint-Eustache and Valleyfield each held a 2–0 tournament record going into the all-LHJAAAQ match-up that would decide the winner and who gets a bye to the championship finals. Valleyfield won the game 4–0, and Saint-Eustache then lost to the Nepean Raiders 3–2 in double-overtime. The Valleyfield Braves lost

322-644: The first Fred Page Cup in 1995. To this day, the QJHL has four Eastern Canadian titles, the others going to the Joliette Action , Lennoxville Cougars , and St. Jerome Panthers . No Quebec team has ever won the national title despite attending the tournament seven times since 1988. In 2002–03, Champlain College Lennoxville got a team to play in the LHJAAAQ - Lennoxville Cougars, based on the campus of College Champlain and Bishop's University. The Cougars, who were coached by former NHLer Stéphan Lebeau formed

345-804: The jump to the league as the Gatineau Flames , becoming the first Hull-based team since the Aylmer Extreme that had lasted one season in 2000–01. Several weeks after announcing the Gatineau Flames as a member, the Flames purchased the Lachine Maroons and absorbed the franchise rights. The league expelled the Sherbrooke Cougars because the league considered them as a college team and had ties to Bishop's University . The Saint-Hyacinthe Laureats withdrew from

368-574: The league, possibly in conjunction with the Cougars. The league split into two divisions. Chambly, Quebec Chambly is an off-island suburb of Montreal in southwestern Quebec , Canada. It is located in the Montérégie region, inland from the South Shore of the Saint Lawrence River . It was formed from the merger in 1965 of Fort-Chambly (formerly Chambly-Canton prior to 1952) and

391-405: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=QJHL&oldid=1051726544 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Quebec Junior Hockey League The Quebec Junior Hockey League

414-609: The misery of the world trying to paddle the river upstream. Fort Chambly was captured by American forces on October 20, 1775, during the American Invasion of Canada of 1775–76 , it was held until the spring of 1776 when it was evacuated and burned, as the Americans retreated southward to Fort Ticonderoga . Subsequently, prisoners-of-war from the Continental Army , including Colonel William Stacy , were held at Fort Chambly until

437-509: The name of its first commanding officer, Jacques de Chambly , to whom the surrounding seigniory was granted in 1672. It was intended to protect New France in general (and Montreal in specific) from attack from indigenous peoples and the English. Today, the fort is run by Parks Canada and is designated a National Historic Site of Canada , and houses a museum and interpretive centre, and hosts historical re-enactments of military drills (as well as

460-423: The old city of Chambly (formerly Chambly-Basin prior to 1952, and earlier sometimes called Bassin-de-Chambly). Descendants of European immigrants have lived in Chambly since the 17th century, but Chambly was not incorporated as a city until 1965. Samuel de Champlain passed through the area that came to be the site of the town of Chambly, QC, in 1609., when he wrote the following in his journal: The approach to

483-563: The rapids is a sort of lake into which the water flows down, and it is about three leagues in circumference. Near by are meadows were no Indians live, by reason of the wars. At the rapids there is very little water, but it flows with great swiftness, and there are many rocks and boulders, so that the Indians cannot go up by water; but on the way back they run them very nicely. All this region is very level and full of forests, vines and butternut trees. No Christian has ever visited this land and we had all

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506-552: The style of Vauban 's classic French fortifications. It was built at the mouth of a large basin, on the site of successive wooden forts dating back to 1665. Fort Chambly was the largest in a series of fortifications on the shores of what was known as the Iroquois River (later known as the Chambly River, finally becoming the Richelieu River in the nineteenth century). Originally called Fort Saint-Louis, it soon came to be known by

529-512: Was built in 1843 to bypass several kilometers of successive Richelieu River rapids between the towns of Chambly, QC, and Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu . Part of a series of waterways connecting the Saint Lawrence River and New York City , Chambly Canal was built to facilitate commercial traffic between Canada and the United States . Trade dwindled after World War I , and as of the 1970s, traffic has been replaced by recreational vessels. Today

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