Joutel () is a

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in the

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province of

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, located in the municipality of

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off

Route 109 Route 109 or Highway 109 can refer to multiple roads: Canada * New Brunswick Route 109 * Ontario Highway 109 * Prince Edward Island Route 109 * Quebec Route 109 China * China National Highway 109 Costa Rica * National Route 109 (Costa Ric ...

between

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and

Matagami Matagami (, ) is a small town in Quebec, Canada. It is located north of Amos, on Matagami Lake, at the northern terminus of Route 109 and the start of the James Bay Road (French: ''Route de la Baie James''). It is enclaved within the local ...

.Joutel
ghosttowns.com. First established in 1965 due to the opening of

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and

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mines in the area, the community was named for early French explorer

Henri Joutel Henri Joutel (; 1643 – 1725), a French explorer and soldier, is known for his eyewitness history of the last North American expedition of René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle. Joutel was born in Rouen. After serving as a soldier, he joi ...

, and had a population of several hundred residents at its peak. In the early 1970s, media services were brought to the community, including

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s of

CKRN-TV CKRN-DT (branded on-air as Radio-Canada Télévision CKRN) was a privately owned Ici Radio-Canada Télé- affiliated television station licensed to Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada, which essentially functioned as a semi-satellite of Montreal Radio- ...

and

CBF-FM CBF-FM is a French-language radio station licensed to Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Owned and operated by the government-owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, it transmits on 95.1 MHz from the Mount Royal candelabra tower with an effective radia ...

.Canadian Communications Foundation - CBF-FM History
. However, the community was abandoned by 1998, when the ore reserves were depleted enough that the mines were no longer profitable. As of 2018, the CKRN rebroadcaster that served Joutel is still in operation, to serve a number of recreational properties and rural residents in the surrounding area.

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