Lemieux

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Lemieux is a former village in eastern Ontario, Canada, known for being abandoned and relocated in the 1990s due to severe landslide risk along the South Nation River.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former village
ghost town
country Canada
formerStatus active rural village
geologicalFeature Champlain Sea clay deposits NERFINISHED
governedBy local municipal authorities of Prescott and Russell area
hasAbandonmentType government-organized relocation
hasClimate humid continental climate
hasCoordinateSystem geographic coordinates
hasCurrentUse open fields
primarily agricultural land
hasEvent abandonment of village due to landslide risk
relocation of residents to nearby communities
hasHazardType retrogressive earthflow
hasHeritageStatus site of former village
hasHistoricalPeriod 20th-century rural settlement in Ontario
hasLandUseHistory agricultural village
hasMonitoring geotechnical monitoring prior to relocation
hasNameOrigin French-language surname Lemieux
hasNearbyRiver South Nation River NERFINISHED
hasRisk landslide risk
hasRiskManagementOutcome relocation of residents before major catastrophic failure occurred
hasTransportationAccess local roads connecting to Highway 417 corridor
isExampleOf managed retreat from high-risk area
planned relocation due to natural hazard
languageUsed English
French
locatedIn Ontario
eastern Ontario NERFINISHED
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Prescott and Russell United Counties NERFINISHED
locatedInCountrySubdivision province of Ontario
locatedInRegion Franco-Ontarian area of eastern Ontario NERFINISHED
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
locatedNear South Nation River NERFINISHED
locatedOnContinent North America
nearbySettlement Casselman, Ontario NERFINISHED
Crysler, Ontario NERFINISHED
Moose Creek, Ontario NERFINISHED
partOf South Nation River valley NERFINISHED
populationStatus uninhabited
reasonForAbandonment severe landslide risk
relocatedIn 1990s
relocationReason geotechnical instability
risk of retrogressive landslides
sensitive marine clay
riskAssessmentBy geotechnical engineers

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