Portage-du-Fort
Village municipality in Quebec, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Portage-du-Fort is a village municipality in the Pontiac Regional County Municipality in the southwest corner of the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada. The village lies across the Ottawa River from Chenaux, Ontario and Horton, Ontario.
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Portage-du-Fort | |
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Coordinates: 45°36′N 76°40′W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Outaouais |
RCM | Pontiac |
Settled | 1844 |
Constituted | January 1, 1863 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Lynne Cameron |
• Federal riding | Pontiac |
• Prov. riding | Pontiac |
Area | |
• Total | 4.24 km2 (1.64 sq mi) |
• Land | 4.22 km2 (1.63 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 232 |
• Density | 55.0/km2 (142/sq mi) |
• Pop (2016-21) | 0.9% |
• Dwellings | 146 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code | 819 |
Highways | R-301 R-303 |
Website | portage-du-fort |
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At Portage-du-Fort there is a dam, the Chenaux Hydro-Electric Power Station, and bridge across the Ottawa River.