Réservoir-Dozois

For namesake reservoir, see Dozois Reservoir.

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	4,691.20 km^2 (1,811.28 sq mi)
• Land	3,832.68 km^2 (1,479.81 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	0
• Density	0.0/km^2 (0/sq mi)
• Pop (2016-21)	0.0%
• Dwellings	3
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Highways	R-117 (TCH)

Réservoir-Dozois (French pronunciation: [ʁezɛʁvwaʁ dozwa]) 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

1. "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 149666". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
2. "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 89910". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
3. "Réservoir-Dozois (Code 2489910) Census Profile". 2021 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
4. "Réservoir Dozois" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2023-11-15.
5. "1991 Census Area Profiles". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
6. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census

External links

• Media related to Réservoir-Dozois at Wikimedia Commons