Réservoir-Dozois is an unorganized territory in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec, Canada. It is the largest of five unorganized territories in the La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality and entirely part of the La Vérendrye Wildlife Reserve.
Réservoir-Dozois | |
|---|---|
 Dozois Reservoir and Quebec Route 117 | |
 Location within La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM | |
  Réservoir-Dozois Location in western Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 47°30′N 77°05′W / 47.5°N 77.08°W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
| RCM | La Vallée-de-l'Or |
| Constituted | January 1, 1986 |
| Government | |
| • Federal riding | Abitibi—Baie-James— Nunavik—Eeyou |
| • Prov. riding | Abitibi-Est |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,691.20 km2 (1,811.28 sq mi) |
| • Land | 3,832.68 km2 (1,479.81 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 0 |
| • Density | 0.0/km2 (0/sq mi) |
| • Pop (2016-21) |  0.0% |
| • Dwellings | 3 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Highways |   R-117 (TCH) |
It is named after the Dozois Reservoir, a large reservoir which formed after the construction of the Bourque Dam on the Ottawa River in 1949. In turn, the name Dozois comes from Nazaire-Servule Dozois (1859-1932), a missionary in the Témiscamingue area and assistant general of the Oblates from 1904 to 1932.[4]
Demographics
editThe territory has had no inhabitants in any census since 1986, except in 1991, when it had a population of 115.[3][5][6]
References
edit- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 149666". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 89910". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b c "Réservoir-Dozois (Code 2489910) Census Profile". 2021 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
- ^ "Réservoir Dozois" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2023-11-15.
- ^ "1991 Census Area Profiles". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
External links
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