Réservoir-Dozois

Réservoir-Dozois
Dozois Reservoir and Quebec Route 117
Dozois Reservoir and Quebec Route 117
Location within La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM
Location within La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM
Réservoir-Dozois is located in Western Quebec
Réservoir-Dozois
Réservoir-Dozois
Location in western Quebec
Coordinates: 47°30′N 77°05′W / 47.5°N 77.08°W / 47.5; -77.08[1]
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionAbitibi-Témiscamingue
RCMLa Vallée-de-l'Or
ConstitutedJanuary 1, 1986
Government
 • Federal ridingAbitibi—Baie-James—
Nunavik—Eeyou
 • Prov. ridingAbitibi-Est
Area
 • Total4,691.20 km2 (1,811.28 sq mi)
 • Land3,832.68 km2 (1,479.81 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total0
 • Density0.0/km2 (0/sq mi)
 • Pop (2016-21)
Steady 0.0%
 • Dwellings
3
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Highways R-117 (TCH)

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.

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

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The territory has had no inhabitants in any census since 1986, except in 1991, when it had a population of 115.[3][5][6]

References

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  1. ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 149666". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 89910". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. ^ a b c "Réservoir-Dozois (Code 2489910) Census Profile". 2021 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
  4. ^ "Réservoir Dozois" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2023-11-15.
  5. ^ "1991 Census Area Profiles". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  6. ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
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