La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality, Quebec
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La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau (The Valley of the Gatineau) is a Regional County Municipality in the Outaouais region of western Quebec
, Canada
. The seat is in Gracefield. It is named for its location straddling the Gatineau River
north of Low. It was incorporated on January 1, 1983.
It consists of two cities, fifteen municipalities, and five unorganized territories. The area also has two Algonquin communities, Kitigan Zibi
, south of Maniwaki and Barriere Lake in the heart of the La Vérendrye Wildlife Reserve
.
The territory of the Gatineau Valley is bordered on the south by the RCM des Collines-de-l'Outaouais and east by the RCM Antoine-Labelle
.
Municipalities
Cantons
Unorganized Areas
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. The seat is in Gracefield. It is named for its location straddling the Gatineau River
Gatineau River
The Gatineau River is a river in western Quebec, Canada, which rises in lakes north of the Baskatong Reservoir and flows south to join the Ottawa River at the city of Gatineau, Quebec...
north of Low. It was incorporated on January 1, 1983.
It consists of two cities, fifteen municipalities, and five unorganized territories. The area also has two Algonquin communities, Kitigan Zibi
Kitigan Zibi, Quebec
Kitigan Zibi is a First Nations Reserve of the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation, an Algonquin band. It is situated at the confluence of the Désert and Gatineau Rivers, and borders south-west on the Town of Maniwaki in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada...
, south of Maniwaki and Barriere Lake in the heart of the La Vérendrye Wildlife Reserve
La Vérendrye Wildlife Reserve
La Vérendrye wildlife reserve is one of the largest reserves in the province of Quebec, Canada, covering 12,589 square kilometres of contiguous land and lake area . It is named after Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye, a French-Canadian explorer...
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The territory of the Gatineau Valley is bordered on the south by the RCM des Collines-de-l'Outaouais and east by the RCM Antoine-Labelle
Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality, Quebec
Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality is located in central Quebec, Canada, in the Laurentides region. The Regional County Municipality seat is Mont-Laurier.-Municipalities:* Chute-Saint-Philippe* Ferme-Neuve* Kiamika* La Macaza* Lac-des-Écorces...
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Subdivisions
City- Gracefield
- ManiwakiManiwaki, QuebecManiwaki is a town north of Gatineau and located north-west of Montreal, in the province of Quebec, Canada. The town is situated on the Gatineau River, at the crossroads of Route 105 and Route 107, not far south of Route 117...
Municipalities
- Blue SeaBlue Sea, QuebecBlue Sea is a municipality and village in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada, and part of La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality...
- Bois-Franc
- BouchetteBouchette, QuebecBouchette is a municipality in the geographic centre of the La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada, north of Gatineau. Its territory is along both shores of the Gatineau River and the western shores of Thirty-One Mile Lake....
- CayamantCayamant, QuebecCayamant is a municipality in La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. The village of Lac-Cayamant is located at the north end of Lake Cayamant, west of Gracefield....
- DéléageDéléage, QuebecDéléage is a town and municipality in La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. It is situated on the eastern banks of the Gatineau River opposite Maniwaki. Deleage and Deléage are frequently used alternate spellings....
- Denholm
- Egan-SudEgan-Sud, QuebecEgan-Sud is a municipality in the La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada, directly north of Maniwaki.Egan-South has a residential, agricultural, and commercial character, the latter mainly concentrated along Highway 105....
- Grand-RemousGrand-Remous, QuebecGrand-Remous is a town and municipality in La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. The municipality is south of the Baskatong Reservoir, spanning both sides of the Gatineau River...
- KazabazuaKazabazua, QuebecKazabazua is a village and municipality in La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. The village is about halfway between Maniwaki and Hull at the intersection of Route 105 and Route 301, just west of the Gatineau River....
- Lac-Sainte-MarieLac-Sainte-Marie, QuebecLac-Sainte-Marie is a municipality in the La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada, north of Gatineau. It is named after Lake Saint Mary.-History:...
- MessinesMessines, QuebecMessines is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec. It includes the population centres of Messines and Farley.In 1840, the village of Messines was known by the name of Burbridge. The consolidation of this community, at the start of the 1900s, was thanks to the arrival of the railway,...
- Moncerf-LyttonMontcerf-Lytton, QuebecMontcerf-Lytton is a municipality in La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. Its territory spans both shores of the Désert River, a tributary of the Gatineau River....
- Sainte-Thérèse-de-la-GatineauSainte-Thérèse-de-la-Gatineau, QuebecSainte-Thérèse-de-la-Gatineau is a municipality in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada. Located between the Gatineau River and Thirty-One Mile Lake, it is the smallest municipality in terms of population in the La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality, Quebec.It takes its name from...
Cantons
- AumondAumond, QuebecAumond is a township in the Canadian province of Quebec, located within La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality.The township is named after Colonel Joseph-Ignace Aumond , a native of l'Assomption, who was one of the major timber merchants of the Ottawa Valley in the nineteenth century...
- Low
Unorganized Areas
- Cascades-MalignesCascades-Malignes, QuebecCascades-Malignes is an unorganized territory in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada, one of five unorganized territories in the La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality....
- Dépôt-ÉchouaniDépôt-Échouani, QuebecDépôt-Échouani is an unorganized territory in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada. It is the smallest and northern-most of the five unorganized territories in the La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality...
- Lac-LenôtreLac-Lenôtre, QuebecLac-Lenôtre is an unorganized territory in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada. It is one of the five unorganized territories in the La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality. It is named after Lake Lenôtre.-References:...
- Lac-MoselleLac-Moselle, QuebecLac-Moselle is an unorganized territory in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada. It is one of the five unorganized and unpopulated wilderness areas in the La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality. It is named after Lake Moselle.-References:...
- Lac-PythongaLac-Pythonga, QuebecLac-Pythonga is an unorganized territory in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada. It surrounds Lake Pythonga and is the largest of the five unorganized territories in the La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality....