Place:Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

General Info

Chicoutimi was an historical county in the province of Québec.

Lovell's Gazetteer (1895)

• "CHICOUTIMI, a county in the north-east part of Quebec, having the height of land dividing the waters of the St. Lawrence and Hudson's Bay as its northern boundary and the 48th parallel of latitude as its southern. Area of the two counties, Chicoutimi and Saguenay, 76,109,440 acres. This county is drained by Lake St. John and by a number of large rivers, the most important of which are the Saguenay, the Ashuapmouchouan, the. Peribonca, the Mistassini, and the Chicoutimi. Capital, Chicoutimi. Pop. of the two counties, Chicoutimi and Saguenay, in 1871, 22,980; in 1891, 38,281."

Research Tips

Census

• 1881 Census of Canada
• 1901 Census of Canada, Chicoutimi and Saguenay
• 1911 Census of Canada, Chicoutimi and Saguenay

Maps and Gazetteers

• Electoral Atlas of the Dominion of Canada (1895) for Chicoutimi and Saguenay
• Municipalities and Parishes in the Province of Quebec, County of Chicoutimi

Links and Sources

• Family History Library Catalog entry for Chicoutimi

source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names