Cabano

Cabano is a city in the regional Municipalité of county of the Témiscouata to the Quebec (Canada), located in the administrative area of the Low-Saint-Laurent. The town of Cabano extends on a territory from 122 km ² where resident 3212 cabanoises and cabanois. Located approximately halfway between River-of-Wolf and Edmundston at the New Brunswick on road 185 (transcanadienne) and at the crossroads of roads 232, road axes which move to the east towards Rimouski and the west towards Pohénégamook, Cabano is an industrial, commercial and tourist crossroads with the Témiscouata.

Toponymy

The denomination of Cabano, allotted initially to a lake and a river, was also applied to a canton proclaimed in 1866, an open post office in 1898 and to the municipality set up in 1907. It would go back to the first times of the colony and identified the water level called Long Lac today, then would have been transferred to the river with the mouth of which the town of Cabano was installed. The lake would have been called Cabaneau because of the shape of the mountains which surround it conferring appearance of a hut or cottage of beaver to him. Some believe that it is rather necessary to bring this name closer to the Amerindian wabano, small hut, temporary shelter for hunting or the war, but this word has as a direction in algonquin, wizard.

History

During years Cabano, initially known under the name of Station of the Lake or Strong Ingall (medium of XIXe), its amended with some recoveries seesaw: municipality of the parish of Saint-Mathias-of-Cabano (1907) - name taken again of that of the parish founded in 1898 -, municipality of the village of Cabano (1923) and town of Cabano (1962). In addition, Saint-Mathias-of-Cabano and Cabano amalgamated in 1969 to form the city such as we know it today. In 1950, a major fire shaved nearly 125 houses of the downtown area.

Strong Ingall

The major historical attraction of the place indisputably remains strong Ingall, set up on the edges of the lake Témiscouata as from 1839, at the time of the conflict having for object the determination of the borders of New Brunswick and Maine, in order to prevent the American invasion. The station of the lake témiscouata (thus one named strong Ingall at the time) was the last of a series of four stations of defense set up on the border; three other stations having been built with Dégelis, Small-sault (today Edmunston) and Large-Sault. The four stations having been destroyed, two only were rebuilt. The fortress of Cabano was built at the origin by André Morin of Saint-Andrew, under the direction of lieutenant Ingall who gave him his name. In 1839, part of the 24e regiment of the English army comes to settle Ingall at the height, but it will not remain a long time. Four regiments on the whole will come at the height Ingall, in turn, with an occupation with most extremely of the troops of 200 men. Strong Ingall took part in a not-bloody war, because the Ashburton-Webster agreement put an end to the conflict since 1842. Reconstituted in 1973, strong Ingall was equipped with a vocation of historic site and tourist. Being a single attraction, strong Ingall is open all the summer and offers guided visits and several activities.

Municipalities bordering

Sources

Repertory of the municipalities of Quebec
Commission of toponymy of Quebec
municipal Businesses and areas - regional charts

External bonds

Official site Cabano
Archéo-Quebec Network - Partners: Strong Ingall
Official site of Strong Ingall

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