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Kiamika can refer to the following places, all in Quebec, Canada: * Kiamika, Quebec, municipality * Kiamika River * Kiamika Reservoir ** Kiamika Reservoir Regional Park The Kiamika Reservoir Regional Park (''in French: Parc régional du Réservoir-Kamika'') is a regional park located in the unorganized territory of Lac-Douaire and the municipalities of Chute-Saint-Phillipe, Lac-Saguay (village) and Rivière-R ...

Kiamika, Quebec
Kiamika is a municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality. Joseph Montferrand (1802-1864), a logger of imposing stature and extraordinary physical strength, was from Kiamika. Etymology The municipality is named after the Kiamika River, which flows through its territory and is a tributary of the Lièvre River. This name, mentioned by Stanislas Drapeau as ''Kiamica'' and appearing on a map of Quebec by Eugène Taché from 1870, comes from the Algonquin word ''kickiamika'' meaning "steep cut below the water", from ''kicki'' (steep cut) and ''amick'' (below the water). However, an alternate meaning may be "deep and quiet river", from the roots ''kiam'' (deep) and ''ka'' (quiet). History In 1883, the Colonization Society of Montarville was founded and took possession of the area in 1884. On the banks of the Lièvre River, about south of Val-Barrette, settlers established the mission of Saint-Gérard-de-Kiamika ...
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Kiamika River
The Kiamika River (''in French: rivière Kiamika'') is a watercourse in the Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Laurentides, in Quebec, in Canada. Several dams have been erected in order to regulate the flow of the river, in particular on Lake Kiamika. This body of water eventually became a reservoir of in area, with a maximum depth of . This reservoir has several large islands, some of which were contiguous lands before the submersion. History In the 19th century, the first surveyors to cross the region noted in their reports that the waters of this river were relatively canoeable and warm. They underlined the perceived milder microclimate of this valley and referred to the good potential for agriculture and logging. The first logging initiatives in the valley were carried out by the MacLaren Company. From the end of the 19th century, several pioneers from the south settled in the lower part of the Kiamika valley, looking for new lan ...
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Kiamika Reservoir
The Kiamika reservoir is a freshwater body located in the Kiamika Reservoir Regional Park, in unorganized territory of Lac-Douaire, in Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality, in the region of Laurentides, in Quebec, in Canada. The Kiamika reservoir extends over the territory of four municipalities: Chute-Saint-Philippe (southern part of the reservoir), Lac-des-Écorces, Lac-Saguay and Rivière-Rouge. The reservoir extents also over mainly in the townships of Brunet, but also Rochon and Turgeon for the southern part. Geography This reservoir (altitude: ) covers and the area of the watershed is . This reservoir constitutes the third largest body of water in the region. The Kiamika River supplies the reservoir from the northeast through the northern bay of the lake, through which the current flows over west, then south. Then the current flows on towards the southwest, bypassing the "Île de la Perdrix Blanche" (White Perdrix Island) and the "Petite île de la Perdr ...
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