Duparquet () is a ''

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'' in northwestern

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, Canada in the MRC d'Abitibi-Ouest. It covers and had a population of 716 as of the

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History

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. 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.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Duparquet had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Mother tongue: * English as first language: 1.49% * French as first language: 97.76% * English and French as first language: 0.75% * Other as first language: 0%

Notable people

* Birthplace of

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player Elmer "Moose" Vasko of the 1960s. *

Johanne Morasse Johanne Morasse (born March 12, 1957 in Duparquet, Quebec) 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 ...

(born March 12, 1957), a Quebec politician and teacher *

Tim Horton Miles Gilbert "Tim" Horton (January 12, 1930 – February 21, 1974) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played 24 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers, Pittsburg ...

, hockey player and entrepreneur, lived in Duparquet as a child

Municipal council

* Mayor: Gilbert Rivard * Councillors: Denis Blais, Sylvain Audet, Claudette Macameau, Marlène Doroftei, Jacques Ricard, Solange Gamache * General Director: Chantal Poirier

References

{{authority control Cities and towns in Quebec Incorporated places in Abitibi-Témiscamingue Populated places established in 1933