Réservoir-Dozois

Unorganized territory in Quebec, Canada

47°30′N 77°05′W / 47.5°N 77.08°W / 47.5; -77.08^[1]CountryCanadaProvinceQuebecRegionAbitibi-TémiscamingueRCMLa Vallée-de-l'OrConstitutedJanuary 1, 1986Government

^[2]

• Federal ridingAbitibi—Baie-James—
Nunavik—Eeyou • Prov. ridingAbitibi-EstArea

^[2]^[3]

• Total4,691.20 km² (1,811.28 sq mi) • Land3,832.68 km² (1,479.81 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[3]

• Total0 • Density0.0/km² (0/sq mi) • Pop (2016-21)

0.0% • Dwellings

3Time zoneUTC−5 (EST) • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)Highways

R-117 (TCH)

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.

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. In turn, the name Dozois comes from Nazaire-Servule Dozois (1859-1932), a missionary in the Témiscamingue area and assistant general of the Oblates from 1904 to 1932.^[4]

Demographics

The territory has had no inhabitants in any census since 1986, except in 1991, when it had a population of 115.^[3]^[5]^[6]

References

^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 149666". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
^ ^a ^b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 89910". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Réservoir-Dozois (Code 2489910) Census Profile". 2021 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
^ "Réservoir Dozois" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2023-11-15.
^ "1991 Census Area Profiles". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census