Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours, Quebec
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Not to be confused with Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours (note spelling), a former municipality in Montérégie which merged into Richelieu in 2000.
Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours is a municipality in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada. It is located along the Ottawa River, about 55 kilometres (34 mi) east of Gatineau. It was formerly known as Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours-Partie-Nord. It is the least populated municipality in the Papineau Regional County Municipality.
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Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours | |
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Coordinates: 45°42′N 74°52′W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Outaouais |
RCM | Papineau |
Constituted | March 7, 1918 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Denis Beauchamp |
• Federal riding | Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel |
• Prov. riding | Papineau |
Area | |
• Total | 281.30 km2 (108.61 sq mi) |
• Land | 258.36 km2 (99.75 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 285 |
• Density | 1.1/km2 (3/sq mi) |
• Pop 2016-2021 | 5.3% |
• Dwellings | 166 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code | 819 |
Highways A-50 | R-148 R-323 |
Website | www |
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The northern portion of the municipality is undeveloped wilderness, mostly part of the Kenauk Reserve. This 260 square kilometres (100 sq mi) protected wilderness domain was formerly known as "Reserve de la Petite Nation", but is now a privately owned fish and game reserve of Château Montebello.[4]