Trois-Rives


Trois-Rives is a municipality with an area of located in Mékinac Regional County Municipality, in the Mid-Mauricie, province of Quebec, Canada.

History

It was established in 1972 as Boucher, named after the geographic township of Boucher in which it is located. This name was chosen in honour of Pierre Boucher, former French governor of Trois-Rivières and owner of the Boucher and Boucherville Seignories in the late 17th century. It was not until 1978 that the municipal incorporation was confirmed.
On December 26, 1998, the municipality was renamed to Trois-Rives to better represent the geography of the municipality as it is crossed by three rivers: the Matawin, the Mékinac, and the Saint-Maurice River.
On August 28, 2004, Trois-Rives was enlarged by some when it annexed a portion of the Lac-Masketsi Unorganized Territory.
The municipality has two main roads: Quebec Route 155 ; and St. Joseph road through the village of Saint-Joseph-de-Mékinac along the Mékinac River, reaching the Quebec Route 155 near the mouth of that river. The path of almost all other roads goes along the rivers. Generally, each route is designated as the place name of the headwater lake that feeds it:
  1. Road Lake-to-sleighs ;
  2. Path of the domain Batchelder;
  3. Path of Mékinac Lake ;
  4. Path of the river and road Crows ;
  5. Lake Road Dumont ;
  6. Path of Missionary Lake, which is segmented into two, the first segment links Saint-Joseph-de-Mékinac to the northern part of the lake and the second segment link the southern part of the lake, to Hervey-Jonction, Quebec;
  7. Road of the lake of the Otters;
  8. Lejeune Road;
  9. Vlimeux Lake Road.

    Geography

It is bounded on the west by the Saint-Maurice River, and includes the communities of Grande-Anse, Olscamps, Rivière-Matawin, Saint-Joseph-de-Mékinac, and partially Rivière-aux-Rats.
The territory also includes in the east portions of Mékinac Lake, Missionary Lake, aux Loutres, and Dumont Lakes.
The toponym "Trois-Rives" refers to the three rivers that drain the territory: the Matawin River, the Saint-Maurice River and the Mékinac River.

Demographics

Population trend:
  • Population in 2021: 512
  • Population in 2016: 396
  • Population in 2011: 490
  • Population in 2006: 411
  • Population in 2001: 469
  • Population in 1996: 454
  • Population in 1991: 516
  • Population in 1986: 496
  • Population in 1981: 604
  • Population in 1976: 612
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 288
Mother tongue:
  • English as first language: 1%
  • French as first language: 99%
  • English and French as first language: 0%
  • Other as first language: 0%

    Government

Mayors

Trois-Rives has been represented by a mayor since 1978. The following is a list of mayors of Trois-Rives.
#MayorTaking OfficeLeaving
1Elphège Desrosiers19781981
2Lucien Mongrain19812021
3Lise Roy Guillemette2021current

Political representation

Provincially it is part of the riding of Laviolette–Saint-Maurice. In the 2022 Quebec general election the incumbent MNA Marie-Louise Tardif, of the Coalition Avenir Québec, was re-elected to represent the population of Trois-Rives in the National Assembly of Quebec.
Federally, Trois-Rives is part of the federal riding of Saint-Maurice—Champlain. In the 2021 Canadian federal election, the incumbent François-Philippe Champagne of the Liberal Party was re-elected to represent the population Trois-Rives in the House of Commons of Canada.