Réservoir-Dozois, Quebec

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
Unorganized territory
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[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionAbitibi-Témiscamingue
RCMLa Vallée-de-l'Or
ConstitutedJanuary 1, 1986
Government
[2]
 • Federal ridingAbitibi—Baie-James—
Nunavik—Eeyou
 • Prov. ridingAbitibi-Est
Area
[2][3]
 • Total4,665.70 km2 (1,801.44 sq mi)
 • Land3,837.40 km2 (1,481.63 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total0
 • Density0.0/km2 (0/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
Steady 0.0%
 • Dwellings
3
Time zoneUTC−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.[4]

Demographics

Population:[5]

  • Population in 1991: 115
  • Population in 1996: 0
  • Population in 2011: 0
  • Population in 2001: 0
  • Population in 2006: 0

References
  1. "Reference number 149666 in Banque de noms de lieux du Québec". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. "Geographic code 89910 in the official Répertoire des municipalités". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. "Réservoir-Dozois, Quebec (Code 2489910) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
  4. "Réservoir Dozois" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
  5. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census


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