Lorette, Manitoba
Encyclopedia
Lorette is a community in the Rural Municipality of Taché
, in the province
of Manitoba
, Canada
.
. By 1878, Lorette was already appearing on Manitoba maps.
from the north, PR 206 from the east or PR 405 from the south.
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There is community library located in the Collège Lorette Collegiate.
and All Star Concrete.
The inside of the church features walls and ceilings adorned with oil murals by artist L.E. Monty of Montreal
. The church is surmounted by three bells, which were poured in Haute-Savoie
, France
.
Taché, Manitoba
Incorporated in 1880, Taché is a rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada. Named after the Bishop Taché , it is located to the south-east of Winnipeg, stretching from the Red River Floodway in the west to the beginning of the Canadian Shield in the east...
, in the province
Province
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of Manitoba
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...
, Canada
Canada
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History
Lorette was founded as a French settlement along the Seine RiverSeine River (Manitoba)
The Seine is a river that runs through the southeastern section of the province of Manitoba, Canada. It is one of the four rivers of the city of Winnipeg, and a tributary of the Red River....
. By 1878, Lorette was already appearing on Manitoba maps.
Transportation
Lorette is located on Provincial Road 207, which is part of the historic Old Dawson Trail. PR 207 can be accessed via the Trans-Canada HighwayTrans-Canada Highway
The Trans-Canada Highway is a federal-provincial highway system that joins the ten provinces of Canada. It is, along with the Trans-Siberian Highway and Australia's Highway 1, one of the world's longest national highways, with the main route spanning 8,030 km...
from the north, PR 206 from the east or PR 405 from the south.
Education
There are 3 elementary schools in Lorette. École Lagimodière, a French school; Dawson Trail School, an English school; and École Lorette Immersion, a French immersion school. Collège Lorette Collegiate is the village's only high school, offering English and French immersion programs. French grade 9-12 students travel to the nearby village of Ile-des-Chênes at École/Collège régional Gabrielle-RoyÉcole/Collège régional Gabrielle-Roy
École/Collège régional Gabrielle-Roy, built in 1984, is a French-language high school in Île-des-Chênes, Manitoba, Canada. It gathers pupils from the communities of Île-des-Chênes, Lorette, Saint-Norbert, La Salle, Saint-Adolphe, Ste-Agathe, Dufresne, Niverville, Grande-Point and Ste-Genevieve...
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There is community library located in the Collège Lorette Collegiate.
Industry
The major employers in the village are the Municipality of Taché, the Seine River School Division, Division Scolaire Franco-ManitobaineDivision Scolaire Franco-Manitobaine
The Franco-manitoban School Division is a school division in Manitoba, Canada offering French-language education to its students. The right to French education was gained through Section 23 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms...
and All Star Concrete.
Notre-Dame de Lorette
Notre-Dame de Lorette, located on Dawson Road is a Roman Catholic church offering services in French and English. Notre-Dame de Lorette was built at a cost of $20,000 and completed in 1900. The architect and builder was Auguste Gauthier of Lorette. The task required a great deal of volunteer labour supplied by the community.The inside of the church features walls and ceilings adorned with oil murals by artist L.E. Monty of Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
. The church is surmounted by three bells, which were poured in Haute-Savoie
Haute-Savoie
Haute-Savoie is a French department in the Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France. It borders both Switzerland and Italy. The capital is Annecy. To the north is Lake Geneva and Switzerland; to the south and southeast are the Mont Blanc and Aravis mountain ranges and the French entrance to the Mont...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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