Duparquet, Quebec

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Town Hall of Duparquet
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Location within Abitibi-Ouest RCM.
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Duparquet
Location in western Quebec.
Coordinates: 48°30′N79°14′W / 48.500°N 79.233°W / 48.500; -79.233 Coordinates: 48°30′N79°14′W / 48.500°N 79.233°W / 48.500; -79.233 [1]
CountryFlag of Canada.svg  Canada
Province Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec
Region Abitibi-Témiscamingue
RCM Abitibi-Ouest
ConstitutedApril 13, 1933
Government
[2]
  MayorGilbert Rivard
   Federal riding Abitibi—Témiscamingue
   Prov. riding Abitibi-Ouest
Area
  Total154.90 km2 (59.81 sq mi)
  Land123.63 km2 (47.73 sq mi)
Population
(2011) [3]
  Total657
  Density5.3/km2 (14/sq mi)
  Pop 2006-2011
Increase2.svg 2.8%
  Dwellings
359
Time zone UTC−5 (EST)
  Summer (DST) UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
Area code(s) 819
HighwaysQc388.svg Route 388
Qc393.svg Route 393
Website www.duparquet.ao.ca

Duparquet is a ville in northwestern Quebec, Canada in the MRC d'Abitibi-Ouest. It covers 157.4 km² and had a population of 657 as of the Canada 2011 Census.

Ville is the modern French word of Latin origin now meaning "city" or "town", but the first meaning in the Middle Ages was "farm" and then "village". The derivative suffix -ville is commonly used in English in names of cities, towns and villages.

Quebec Province of Canada

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History

A view of Lake Duparquet from Chemin du Lac, a waterfront road in Duparquet Lake Duparquet, Quebec.jpg
A view of Lake Duparquet from Chemin du Lac, a waterfront road in Duparquet

In 1912, a rich gold vein was discovered near Lake Duparquet by a prospector named Beattie. He set up the Beattie Gold Mine company that began operation in 1933. That same year, the new community forming at the mine was incorporated as Ville de Duparquet, named after the geographic township in which it is located. The township was named in 1916 in honour of Jean-Annet Chabreuil Du Parquet, a grenadier captain of the La Sarre Regiment, that was part of General Montcalm's army. [1]

Louis-Joseph de Montcalm French general

Louis-Joseph de Montcalm-Grozon, marquis de Montcalm de Saint-Veran was a French soldier best known as the commander of the forces in North America during the Seven Years' War.

After producing 1 million ounces of gold and killing at least 27 miners, including 4 in a landslide on 9 July 1946, the mine closed in 1956. But the owners of the mining rights are currently considering reopening it as an open-pit mine. [4]

Demographics

Population trend: [5]

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 312 (total dwellings: 359)

Mother tongue: [6]

Residents of note

Chicago Blackhawks hockey team of the National Hockey League

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Johanne Morasse is a Quebec politician and teacher. She was a Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region from 2007 to 2008. She represents the Parti Québécois.

Tim Horton Canadian ice hockey player and businessman

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Municipal council

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References

  1. 1 2 "Duparquet (Ville)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
  2. 1 2 "Duparquet". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
  3. 1 2 "Duparquet census profile". 2011 Census data . Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
  4. Patrick Rodrigue (18 September 2009). "Une mine à ciel ouvert à Duparquet?" (in French). canoe.ca. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  5. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
  6. "Duparquet community profile". 2006 Census data . Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-01-04.