Pohénégamook, Quebec (pop. 2940) is a Canadian town on the
Canada–United States border
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in
Quebec
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Témiscouata Regional County Municipality
Témiscouata is a regional county municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. It is located southeast of Rivière-du-Loup, bordering New Brunswick, and is centred on Lake Témiscouata. Its seat is Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac.
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The town shares the border with
Estcourt Station,
Maine
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, the northernmost point in
New England
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.
As of 2006, Pohénégamook had 2940 people, down 5.1% from the last census in 2001.
The town is named after
Lake Pohenegamook
Lake Pohenegamook (Lac Pohénégamook) is a Canadian lake located in Temiscouata Regional County Municipality (MRC), in administrative region of Bas-Saint-Laurent, in southeastern Quebec immediately north of the International Boundary with Maine ...
and is located on the lake's southern and western shores.
History
Pohénégamook was amalgamated with the formerly-independent communities of Saint-Pierre d'Estcourt, Saint-Éleuthère, Village-Blier and Saint-David-de-Sully on October 23, 1973.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Pohénégamook 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.
Recreation
Parc de la Frontière, located along the southern lakeshore of Lake Pohenegamook, straddles the U.S.-Canadian border. It features a historic marker
and gives visitors the experience of visiting a park in two countries.
See also
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Lake Pohenegamook
Lake Pohenegamook (Lac Pohénégamook) is a Canadian lake located in Temiscouata Regional County Municipality (MRC), in administrative region of Bas-Saint-Laurent, in southeastern Quebec immediately north of the International Boundary with Maine ...
, a waterbody
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Boucanée River, a stream
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List of cities in Quebec
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Note that although the terms "city" and ...
References
External links
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http://www.pohenegamook.net (Pohenegamook official website)
Cities and towns in Quebec
Incorporated places in Bas-Saint-Laurent
Canada geography articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
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