Duhamel-Ouest Explained

Duhamel-Ouest
Flag Size:120x100px
Pushpin Map:Canada Western Quebec
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in western Quebec
Coordinates:47.3667°N -105°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Established Title:Settled
Established Date:1870s
Established Title1:Constituted
Established Date1:February 20, 1911
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Alain Sarrazin
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:128.81
Area Land Km2:91.49
Population Total:945
Population As Of:2021
Population Density Km2:10.3
Population Blank1 Title:Pop (2016–21)
Population Blank1: 7.6%
Population Blank2 Title:Dwellings
Population Blank2:470
Utc Offset:−5
Utc Offset Dst:−4

Duhamel-Ouest is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada in the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality.

Located at a narrows of Lake Timiskaming, Duhamel-Ouest is home to the Fort Témiscamingue, a National Historic Site of Canada.

History

Originally inhabited by Algonquin people, the area began to see Coureurs des bois in the middle of the 17th century, travelling on the Ottawa River and Lake Timiskaming. In 1720, Fort Témiscamingue was founded by French merchants on the east side of the lake. In the middle of the 19th century, colonization started with the arrival of logging companies and Oblate missionaries.[2]

In 1877, the geographic township of Duhamel was created, named after Joseph-Thomas Duhamel, and was incorporated as a township municipality in 1898. In 1911, the Township Municipality of Duhamel is dissolved, when it split up into the new municipalities of Notre-Dame-de-Lorrainville and Duhamel-Ouest. "Ouest" (French for "west") was added to distinguish it from Duhamel in the Outaouais Region.

Demographics

Mother tongue (2021):[1]

Local government

List of former mayors:

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Duhamel-Ouest census profile - 2021 Census data . www12.statcan.gc.ca . Government of Canada - Statistics Canada . 2022-04-14.
  2. Web site: Historique . municipalites-du-quebec.ca . Municipalité de Duhamel-Ouest . 29 November 2023 . 2016.
  3. Web site: Sickini-Joly . Bianca . Alain Sarrazin élu maire sans opposition à Duhamel-Ouest . ici.radio-canada.ca . Radio-Canada . 29 November 2023 . fr . 20 April 2023.