Duhamel-Ouest () is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
in northwestern
Quebec
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,
Canada
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in the
Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality
Témiscamingue () is a regional county municipality in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of western Quebec, Canada. The county seat is Ville-Marie.
Though Témiscamingue borders Pontiac Regional County Municipality to the south, it is not prac ...
.
Located at a
narrows
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A narrows may form where a stream passes through a tilte ...
of
Lake Timiskaming
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, Duhamel-Ouest is home to the
Fort Témiscamingue
Fort Témiscamingue was a trading post from the 18th century in Duhamel-Ouest, Quebec, near Ville-Marie, Quebec, Ville-Marie, Canada, located on the fur trade route on the east shore of Lake Timiskaming. The fort is a National Historic Sites o ...
, a
National Historic Site of Canada
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.
History
Originally inhabited by
Algonquin people
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, the area began to see
Coureurs des bois
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in the middle of the 17th century, travelling on the Ottawa River and Lake Timiskaming. In 1720,
Fort Témiscamingue
Fort Témiscamingue was a trading post from the 18th century in Duhamel-Ouest, Quebec, near Ville-Marie, Quebec, Ville-Marie, Canada, located on the fur trade route on the east shore of Lake Timiskaming. The fort is a National Historic Sites o ...
was founded by French merchants on the east side of the lake. In the middle of the 19th century, colonization started with the arrival of logging companies and Oblate missionaries.
In 1877, the geographic township of Duhamel was created, named after
Joseph-Thomas Duhamel
Joseph-Thomas Duhamel (; 6 November 1841 – 5 June 1909) was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest and Archbishop of Ottawa.
Born in Contrecœur, Lower Canada, he was educated at St. Joseph's College, Ottawa, and ordained in 1863. He became B ...
, and was incorporated as a township municipality in 1898. In 1911, the Township Municipality of Duhamel is dissolved, when it split up into the new municipalities of
Notre-Dame-de-Lorrainville and Duhamel-Ouest. "''Ouest''" (French for "west") was added to distinguish it from
Duhamel in the Outaouais Region.
Demographics
Mother tongue (2021):
* English as first language: 1.6%
* French as first language: 95.8%
* English and French as first language: 1.1%
* Other as first language: 2.1%
Local government
List of former mayors:
* Alcide Gaudet (...–2005)
* Alain Sarrazin (2005–2013, 2023–present)
* Jean-Yves Parent (2013–2017)
* Guy Abel (2017–2021)
* Jocelyn Cardinal (2021–2023)
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See also
* List of municipalities in Quebec
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References
External links
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Municipalities in Quebec
Incorporated places in Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality
Populated places on the Ottawa River
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