Abitibi County is a
historical county in southwestern
Quebec
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. Its county seat was in
Amos
Amos or AMOS may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Amos Records, an independent record label established in Los Angeles, California, in 1968
* Amos (band), an American Christian rock band
* ''Amos'' (album), an album by Michael Ray
* ''Amos' ...
. It extended from the
Ontario
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border in the west to the
Gouin Reservoir
The Gouin Reservoir () is a man-made lake, in La Tuque, in Mauricie, in the central portion of the Canadian province of Quebec, fully within the boundaries of the City of La Tuque. It is not one contiguous body of water, but the collective name ...
in the east, and included the communities of
La Sarre
La Sarre is a town in northwestern Quebec, Canada, and is the most populous town and seat of the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It is located at the intersection of Routes 111 and 393, on the La Sarre River, a tributary of Lake A ...
and
Val-d'Or
Val-d'Or (, , ; "Golden Valley" or "Valley of Gold") is a city in Quebec, Canada with a population of 32,752 inhabitants according to the Canada 2021 Census. The city is located in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region near La Vérendrye Wildlif ...
in addition to Amos. It was bounded on the north by Abitibi Territory, on the east by Champlain County, on the west by the Ontario districts of
Cochrane and
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and on the south by
Témiscamingue County,
Pontiac County,
Montcalm County
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,
Joliette County, Berthier County,
Maskinongé County and St. Maurice County.
In the early 1980s Abitibi County was divided into
Regional County Municipalities. The western panhandle section became
Abitibi-Ouest MRC, the northcentral section went to
Abitibi MRC, the eastcentral and southern sections went to
Vallée-de-l'Or MRC, the farthest eastern section went to Le Haut-Saint-Maurice MRC (now
La Tuque
La Tuque (; ) is a city located in north-central Quebec, Canada, on the Saint-Maurice River, between Trois-Rivières and Chambord. The population was 11,227 at the Canada 2011 Census, most of which live within the urban area. At over 28,000 ...
), and a small part in the southwest went to Rouyn-Noranda MRC (now
Ville de Rouyn-Noranda).
Former counties of Quebec
Populated places disestablished in 1983
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