Kamouraska is a

regional county municipality The term regional county municipality or RCM (''french: municipalité régionale de comté, MRC'') is used in Quebec, Canada to refer to one of 87 county-like political entities. In some older English translations they were called county r ...

in eastern

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

, Canada. The regional county municipality seat is Saint-Pascal, but the largest town is

La Pocatière La Pocatière is a town in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, La Pocatière had a population of living ...

. The area is an important research, development and education centre for

agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...

. Factories in the region produce metal products and public transportation equipment. One of the people instrumental in settling and developing this area was Pascal Taché, an early

seigneur ''Seigneur'' is an originally feudal title in France before the Revolution, in New France and British North America until 1854, and in the Channel Islands to this day. A seigneur refers to the person or collective who owned a ''seigneurie'' (or ...

. The name "Kamouraska" comes from an

Algonquin Algonquin or Algonquian—and the variation Algonki(a)n—may refer to: Languages and peoples *Algonquian languages, a large subfamily of Native American languages in a wide swath of eastern North America from Canada to Virginia **Algonquin la ...

word meaning "where rushes grow at the water's edge". 'Kamouraska' comes from the Abenaki, ''ska moraskua'', which means "birch bark here", "there is some white birch bark". This sort of birch bark is used for making canoes and wigwams.

Geography

Adjacent counties and municipalities

Aroostook County, Maine Aroostook County ( ; french: Comté d'Aroostook) is a county in the U.S. state of Maine along the Canada–U.S. border. As of the 2020 census, the population was 67,105. Its county seat is Houlton, with offices in Caribou and Fort Kent. Kn ...

– southeast *

L'Islet Regional County Municipality, Quebec L'Islet is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. The county seat is Saint-Jean-Port-Joli. Geography Adjacent counties and municipalities * Kamouraska Regional County Municipality – northeast * A ...

– southwest

Subdivisions

There are 19 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Cities & Towns (2) *

* Saint-Pascal ;Municipalities (12) * Kamouraska * Mont-Carmel *

Rivière-Ouelle Rivière-Ouelle () is a town located in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality within the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec. It is located on the Saint Lawrence River; the Ouelle River flows through the town. It was part of the seignory of ...

* Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska *

Saint-André-de-Kamouraska Saint-André-de-Kamouraska is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality. Before 2020 it was only known as Saint-André. Geography Saint-André-de-Kamouraska is located on the south ...

* Saint-Bruno-de-Kamouraska *

Saint-Denis-De La Bouteillerie Saint-Denis-De La Bouteillerie is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality. Prior to November 16, 2013, it was known simply as Saint-Denis and was a parish municipality. The name c ...

* Sainte-Hélène-de-Kamouraska * Saint-Gabriel-Lalemant *

Saint-Germain-de-Kamouraska Saint-Germain-de-Kamouraska is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality. See also * List of municipalities in Quebec __FORCETOC__ Quebec is the second-most populous prov ...

* Saint-Onésime-d'Ixworth *

Saint-Pacôme Saint-Pacôme () is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality. Saint-Pacome Catholic Church is located in the town. Local government Saint-Pacôme forms part of the federal ele ...

;Parishes (3) *

Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière is a parish municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumer ...

* Saint-Joseph-de-Kamouraska * Saint-Philippe-de-Néri ;Unorganized Territory (2) * Petit-Lac-Sainte-Anne * Picard

Transportation

Access routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:Official Transport Quebec Road Map
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References

External links

Kamouraska Regional County Municipality
Official site

{{Authority control Regional county municipalities in Bas-Saint-Laurent Census divisions of Quebec