Degelis
| Dégelis | |
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 Location within Témiscouata RCM |
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 Dégelis
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| Coordinates: 47°33′N 68°39′W / 47.55°N 68.65°WCoordinates: 47°33′N 68°39′W / 47.55°N 68.65°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Quebec
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| Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
| RCM | Témiscouata |
| Settled | 1880 |
| Constituted | December 13, 1969 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Claude Lavoie |
| • Federal riding | Rimouski-Neigette— Témiscouata—Les Basques |
| • Prov. riding | Rivière-du-Loup-Témiscouata |
| Area | |
| • Total | 568.00 km2 (219.31 sq mi) |
| • Land | 556.64 km2 (214.92 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 3,051 |
| • Density | 5.5/km2 (14/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |
 4.9% |
| • Dwellings | 1,517 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Postal code(s) | G5T 2G3 |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
Highways  A-85 (TCH)
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 Route 295
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| Website | www |
Dégelis is a city in Témiscouata Regional County Municipality within the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec. Its population in the Canada 2011 Census was 3,051. The Madawaska River flows from Lake Témiscouata, through Degelis, to join the Saint John River at 32 kilometres (20 mi) to the East at Edmundston, New Brunswick.
Located on the banks of the Madawaska River (Saint John River), the city owes its name to a physical phenomenon: a zone of the river located in front the village, that never freezes. A Dégelis, in Old French, means a zone on the water free of ice (which is the phenomenon observed in Dégelis), a local winter thaw (no apparent reason), meaning an opening in the ice during the seasonal thawing.
The area corresponding to Dégelis is named Dégelé (English: thawed) in a report by Joseph Bouchette in 1815. The spelling at the time varies considerably. Clerical and administrative documents dating from 1858 to 1878 refer to the parish under the name Dégely, Ste. Rose Dégely, or (Sainte-Rose-du) Dégeli. Names "Sainte-Rose-du-Dégel" and "Dègelis" were also used for a period.
The mission Catholic founded in 1860 took the name of "Sainte-Rose-du-Dégelé. The choice of Sainte-Rose as a protective was conducted by Langevin, bishop of Rimouski from 1867 to 1891 in honor of Rose Marquis, benefactress of the mission. The parish canonically was erected in 1885 and the municipality of parish was officially created the same year kept the same name. This does not prevent Le Naturaliste Canadien (English: The Canadian Naturalist), a scientific publication, refer to them as the Sainte-Rose-du-Dégelis in 1882. The post office of the place was called Sainte-Rose-du-Dégelé since 1879 and kept it until 1968. In fact, 1967, the name of the municipality was changed to Sainte-Rose-du-Dégelis for lexical considerations. In 1969, the name was shortened to Dégelis when the place received town status.
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