René Lepage de Sainte-Claire, French-Canadian settler, founded Rimouski (died 1718)

Rene Lepage de Sainte-Claire is the lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, Quebec, Canada.

Rimouski is a city in Quebec, Canada. Rimouski is located in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region, at the mouth of the Rimouski River. It has a population of 48,935. Rimouski, whose motto is Legi patrum fidelis, is located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence Estuary, around 300 km downstream of Quebec City. It is the site of Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR), the Cégep de Rimouski and the Music Conservatory. It is also the home of some ocean sciences research centres.