Lac-Despinassy is an unorganized territory in the Canadian province of

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, located within the Abitibi Regional County Municipality. The area is east of the

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Saint-Dominique-du-Rosaire Saint-Dominique-du-Rosaire is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Abitibi Regional County Municipality. It is part of the census agglomeration of Amos. Demographics The municipality had a population of 434 in the 2 ...

, north of

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and the parish municipality of

Senneterre Senneterre is a town in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of northwestern Quebec, Canada. It is in the Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality. The town's territory includes a vast undeveloped area stretching from the Bell River to the Mau ...

, and west of the city of

. The eponymous Lake Despinassy is the territory's largest lake and is named after the geographic township of Despinassy. This name was already assigned to the area in 1911 and comes from Louis-Auguste-Victor Despinassy, a lieutenant of the Royal Artillery and Engineers Corps in General Montcalm's army. The township is swampy, mostly forested, and flat, not exceeding above sea level. The Hurault and Lavigne Creeks, as well as the Despinassy and Laflamme Rivers, flow through the territory, while the Bell River forms its eastern boundary. A few kilometres west from Lake Despinassy along Route 397 is the hamlet of Despinassy (), the territory's only population centre. Founded in 1948, it is one of the youngest communities in the Abitibi. By 1952, there were 140 families, but most have since left. Currently the area is being explored for potential mining of gold deposits.

Demographics

Population trend:Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011,

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census * Population in 2021: 21 * Population in 2016: 10 * Population in 2011: 15 * Population in 2006: 25 * Population in 2001: 32 * Population in 1996: 51 * Population in 1991: 54

References

{{authority control Unorganized territories in Abitibi-Témiscamingue