Parc Roland-Veillet Explained

Roland-Veillet Park
Native Name:	Parc Roland-Veillet
Map:	Canada Quebec
Location:	Val-d'Or, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada
Coords:	48.0922°N -77.8283°W
Operator:	City of Val-d'Or

The Rolland-Veillet Park is a public park located at the intersection of Bussières and Mercedès-Bourgeois streets, in the western part of the town of Val-d'Or, in the Regional County Municipality of La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Abitibi-Témiscamingue, in Quebec, in Canada.

This municipal park is intended for recreational activities.

Toponymy

Arrived in Val-d'Or in 1936, Roland Veillet (1918–2001), electrician entrepreneur, founded, with Paul Gosselin, the company Veillet and Gosselin. Roland Veillet was the warden of the parish of Saint-Sauveur (Val-d'Or), from 1939 to 1946, president of the Club Richelieu, and commissioner and president of the Val-d'Or Regional School Board. The toponym "Parc Roland-Veillet" was formalized on April 26, 2011 at the Commission de toponymie du Québec..^{[1] [2]}

See also

• Val-d'Or

Notes and References

1. Roland Veillet, bulletin Le Pathiskan, March 1996, article (condensed by Gaétan Veillette) "Condensé des mémoires de Roland Veillet (époux d’Adrienne Roy) de Val d’Or (Abitibi)" (Condensed memories of Roland Veillet (husband of Adrienne Roy) of Val d'Or (Abitibi)) (biography of Napoleon and his family).
2. http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/Fiche.aspx?no_seq=411717 Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of Place Names - Toponym: "Rolland-Veillet Park"