Entirely wedged in the canton of Lamy, the municipality of the village of Parent occupies a space of 41 km ² in High-Mauricie, to 150 km in the North-West of Tuque, in extreme cases is Indian reserve of Obedjiwan. Its territory is strewn with several water levels and is crossed by the river Bazin.

History

It is towards 1910 that the first pioneers parentois, who found soon the parish of Saint-Thomas canonically set up in 1913, are installed on the spot, which owes their birth with the construction of the railroad Transcontinental National starting from 1908.

Indeed, in 1912, Parent become for a time the principal terminus of the railway bond between Quebec and [[Cochrane]] in [[Ontario]]. However, more than one worker ruined his health or even left his life to the construction of the railway. The work appeared so painful which one supported that the corpse of a workman was used as ballast with the rails with each half-thousand of way! The name allotted to the post office, opened at this place in [[1915]], and with this municipality, set up in 1947, in addition maintains a close relation with the railway world since it was initially retained for the railway station. He points out the memory of Simon-Napoleon Parent (1855-1920), mayor of Quebec (1894-1906) and chair Commission of the railroad Transcontinental of 1905 to 1911. Work in forest normally ensures at this modest community a rather good economic situation. On the other hand, the forest crisis which makes rage since the years 2000 touches this small town hard. Source: Names and places of Quebec [[Category: Locality of Quebec

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