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    Saddle Lake Cree Nation

    The Saddle Lake Cree Nation (onihcikiskwapiwinihk in Cree) is located in central Alberta approximately 180 km northeast of Edmonton. Saddle Lake Cree Nation is signatory to Treaty 6, which was signed at Fort Pitt, Saskatchewan, on 9 September 1876. Saddle Lake is a forced amalgamation of four nations: Onchimanhos/Chief Little Hunter, Seenum Band/Chief John Seenum, Blue Quill Band/Chief Blue Quill and Wasatnow Band/Chief Bear Ears. The traditional language of the Saddle Lake peoples is Plains...

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    Sagkeeng First Nation (Fort Alexander)

    The people of Sagkeeng have resided at or near the Fort Alexander 3 Indian Reserve along the Winnipeg River and Traverse Bay for centuries. Treaty 1 was signed in 1871 by ancestors of the people of Sagkeeng. The reserve is located on both north and south shores at the mouth of the Winnipeg River. Derived from the Ojibwe term Zaagiing, the name Sagkeeng means “mouth of the river.” As of February 2026, the registered population...

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    Saint Andrews (NB)

    Saint Andrews, NB, incorporated as a town in 1903, population 1889 (2011c), 1798 (2006c). The Town of Saint Andrews is located at the mouth of the ST CROIX RIVER in the southwest corner of New Brunswick.

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    Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures

    The area was first settled in 1658, more than 20 years before the creation of the parish of Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures. The name Saint-Augustin was supposedly given to the parish in honour of the governor of New France from 1663-1665, Augustin de Saffray de MÉZY.

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    Saint-Basile-le-Grand

    Saint-Basile-le-Grand, Qué, Town, pop 15 605 (2006c), 12 385 (2001c), inc 1969. Saint-Basile-le-Grand is located between Mont Saint-Bruno and the Rivière RICHELIEU about 35 km east of MONTRÉAL.

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    Saint-Benoît-du-Lac

      The community was founded by Dom Paul Vannier in 1912 when he acquired a farm at Point Gibraltar, a peninsula sloping down towards the lake. He and 3 other monks began farming and providing religious services.

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    Saint-Félicien

    The town profited from the Chibougamau-Chapais mining boom of the 1950s, since nearly all the copper extracted from Chibougamau and Chapais (280 km northwest of Lac Saint-Jean) left the region via Saint-Félicien.

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    Saint-Georges

    The first colonists came during the French regime to settle on seigneuries ceded to Thérèse Aubert de Lalande Gayon (Aubert-Gallion) and Gabriel Aubin de L'Isle (Aubin-de-l'Isle).

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    Saint-Honoré

    Saint-Honoré, still rural in character, is best known for its flying school, Centre québécois deformation aéronautique of the CÉGEP de Chicoutimi, and for Niobec Inc, one of the world's main producers of COLUMBIUM, a mineral used in the manufacture of steel alloys.

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    Saint-Hyacinthe

    The history of Saint-Hyacinthe began with the granting in 1748 of a seigneury which was purchased in 1753 by Hyacinthe Delorme.

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    Saint-Isidore

    Saint-Isidore, NB, incorporated as a village in 1991, population 748 (2011c), 796 (2006c). The Village of Saint-Isidore is located about 10 km inland on the northeastern tip of New Brunswick, 15 km east of TRACADIE-SHEILA.

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    Saint-Jean-Chrysostome

    Saint-Jean-Chrysostome, Quebec, population 18,352 (2019), 17,089 (2001 census).  Saint-Jean-Chrysostome is located on the south bank of the St. Lawrence River. It is some 20 km south of Quebec City in the Chaudière-Appalaches Region. This region is characterized by fertile agricultural plains, plateaus and the majestic Appalachian mountains. (See Mountain Range.) Originally incorporated in 1965, Saint-Jean-Chrysostome became part of .

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    Saint-Jérôme

    Saint-Jérôme, Quebec, incorporated as a city in 1981, reincorporated in 2002, population 80,213 (2021 census), 74,346 (2016 census). Saint-Jérôme is located on Rivière du Nord, 40 km northwest of Montreal. First incorporated in 1881, Saint-Jérôme was reincorporated in 2002 after the former city merged with Bellefeuille, Lafontaine and Saint-Antoine.

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    Saint John

    Saint John, NB, incorporated as a city in 1785, population 69,895 (2021 census), 67,575 (2016 census). The City of Saint John, the second largest city in New Brunswick, is located at the mouth of the Saint John River on the Bay of Fundy.

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    Saint-Lambert

    Saint-Lambert, Quebec, population 21,861 (2016 census), 21,555 (2011 census). Saint-Lambert was settled beginning in the 17th century. It was first incorporated as a city in 1921 and reincorporated in 2006. Saint-Lambert was amalgamated into the city of Longueuil from 2002 until 2006 when it regained its municipal status. It is located along the South Shore of the St. Lawrence River across from Montreal, and is connected to that city by the Victoria bridge (completed 1859).Saint-Lambert is situated on the ancestral lands of the Kanyen’kehà:ka. The land remains unceded and is considered Indigenous territory.

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