Réservoir-Dozois, Quebec

Réservoir-Dozois is an unorganized territory in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec, Canada. It is the largest of five unorganized territories in the La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality and entirely part of the La Vérendrye Wildlife Reserve.

Réservoir-Dozois
Unorganized territory
Dozois Reservoir and Quebec Route 117
Location within La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM
Réservoir-Dozois Location in western Quebec
Coordinates: 47°30′N 77°05′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Abitibi-Témiscamingue
RCM	La Vallée-de-l'Or
Constituted	January 1, 1986
Government [2]
• Federal riding	Abitibi—Baie-James— Nunavik—Eeyou
• Prov. riding	Abitibi-Est
Area [2][3]
• Total	4,665.70 km^2 (1,801.44 sq mi)
• Land	3,837.40 km^2 (1,481.63 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[3]
• Total	0
• Density	0.0/km^2 (0/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	0.0%
• Dwellings	3
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Highways	Route 117 (TCH)

It is named after the Dozois Reservoir, a large reservoir which formed after the construction of the Bourque Dam on the Ottawa River in 1949.[4]

Demographics

Population:[5]

• Population in 1991: 115
• Population in 1996: 0
• Population in 2011: 0
• Population in 2001: 0
• Population in 2006: 0

References

1. Reference number 149666 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
2. Geographic code 89910 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
3. "(Code 2489910) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
4. "Réservoir Dozois" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
5. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census

External links

• Media related to Réservoir-Dozois at Wikimedia Commons