Grand-Remous is a town and municipality in
La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality, Quebec
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Canada
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. The municipality is south of the
Baskatong Reservoir
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, spanning both sides of the
Gatineau River
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Toponomy
Ac ...
. The town is situated at the intersection of
Route 117 and
Route 105.
"''Grand-Remous''" is French for "great
eddy
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" and is a reference to a large whirlpool on the Gatineau River near the Grand Remous Chute. This name matches the
Atikamekw
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name "''Obémiticwang''", also meaning "choppy waters" or "big stir."
Its territory consists of low hills which vary between and above sea level, and which are partly cleared, mostly around Grand-Remous and along highway 105.
History
The township municipality, formed in 1937, was first called Sicotte, named in honour of
Louis-Victor Sicotte
Louis-Victor Sicotte, (November 6, 1812 – September 5, 1889) was a lawyer, judge and politician in Lower Canada.
Biography
He was born Louis Cicot in Boucherville, Lower Canada in 1812. He studied law and was called to the bar in 1839. He ...
(1812-1889), County Deputy of Saint-Hyacinthe from 1857 to 1863. The local post office was also named Sicotte in 1927, but renamed to Grand-Remous in 1933. In 1973, the municipality changed its name to conform to the name of the village where the majority of the population lived.
On October 11, 2003, the Township Municipality of Grand-Remous became the Municipality of Grand-Remous.
Demographics
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents (2021): 563 (out of 778 total)
Languages:
* English as first language: 5.6%
* French as first language: 90.7%
* English and French as first language: 1.6%
* Other as first language: 2.0%
References
External links
Official website
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Incorporated places in Outaouais
Municipalities in Quebec