Date Published:
March 2005

L’Encyclopédie de l’histoire du Québec / The Quebec History Encyclopedia

Causapscal

Causapscal, a parish in Matapedia county, Quebec, at the confluence of the Matapedia and Causapscal rivers, and on the Canadian National Railway, 35 miles north-west of Matapedia. The name is derived from an Indian word meaning "rapid water". The parish, which is in a situation of great beauty, was founded in 1870, and is a well-established centre for general farming and dairying. See L. Closse, Un site enchanteur de la vallée de la Matapédia: Causapscal (Causapscal, P.Q., 1928).

Source  : W. Stewart WALLACE, ed., The Encyclopedia of Canada, Vol. II, Toronto, University Associates of Canada, 1948, 411p., pp. 15-16.