- Bowman, Quebec
Infobox Settlement
official_name = Bowman
settlement_type =
nickname =
motto =
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flag_size = 120x100px
image_shield =
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name =Canada
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 =Quebec
subdivision_type2 = Region
subdivision_name2 = Outaouais
established_title =
established_date =
established_title2 = Incorporated
established_date2 = June 27, 1913
government_type = Municipality
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Roger Madore
area_total_km2 = 166.99
area_land_km2 = 129.57
area_water_km2 =
area_footnotes = [Total area: [http://www.mamr.gouv.qc.ca/cgi-bin/repert1.pl?region=&mrc=&geo=80145&muni= Ministère des Affaires Municipales et Régions]
Land area: Statistics Canada 2006 Census]
population_as_of= 2006
population_footnotes = [Statistics Canada 2006 Census]
population_total = 676
population_density_km2 = 5.2
timezone = EST
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
postal_code_type = Postal Code
postal_code = J0X
area_code = 819
latd = 45 | latm = 55 | lats = | latNS = N
longd = 75 | longm = 40 | longs = | longEW = W
elevation_footnotes=
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footnotes =Bowman is a village and municipality in the
Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada. It is located in the Laurentian Hills, km to mi|72 north-east of Hull.Geography
The municipality is bordered to the east by the
Du Lièvre River and by Whitefish Lake ("lac du Poisson Blanc") in the north-west. Its terrain is characterized by several deep lakes (including Reservoir l'Escalier) in a hilly terrain with altitudes between m to ft|200|precision=-1 and m to ft|430|precision=-1.cite web |url=http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/topos/carto.asp?Speci=7928&Latitude=45,91666&Longitude=-75,66666&Zoom=1700 |title=Bowman (canton) |accessdate=2008-10-07 |publisher=Commission de toponymie du Québec |language=French]History
Bowman Township was formed in 1861 and named after one of the first inhabitants of this place, Baxter Bowman, who operated a sawmill at Dufferin Chutes in Buckingham and was owner of a large tract of forest in the Outaouais in the late nineteenth century.cite web |url=http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/topos/carto.asp?Speci=7930&Latitude=45,91666&Longitude=-75,66666&Zoom=1700 |title=Bowman (Municipalité) |accessdate=2008-10-07 |publisher=Commission de toponymie du Québec |language=French]
On 1 January 1885, Bowman was combined with Villeneuve Township to form the United Township Municipality of Bowman-et-Villeneuve. In 1913, the Township Municipality of Bowman was formed when the two townships separated (Villeneuve is known as Val-des-Bois), and in 1954, its statutes were amended again to become the Municipality of Bowman.
Demographics
Population: [Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census]
* Population in 2006: 676
* Population in 2001: 563
** 2001 to 2006 population change: 20.1 %
* Population in 1996: 516
* Population in 1991: 481Total private dwellings (excluding seasonal cottages): 296
Languages:
* English as first language: 7 %
* French as first language: 88 %
* English and French as first language: 2 %
* Other as first language: 3 %References
Geographic Location (8-way)
Centre = Bowman
North = Notre-Dame-du-Laus
Northeast =
East = Val-des-Bois
Southeast = Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette
South = Val-des-Monts
Southwest =
West = Denholm
Northwest = Lac-Sainte-Marie
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