Fort-Coulonge, Quebec

Infobox Settlement
name = Fort-Coulonge, Quebec
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settlement_type = Village


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image_caption = Rue Principale in Fort-Coulonge.
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = CAN
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 = QC
subdivision_type2 = Region
subdivision_name2 = Outaouais
subdivision_type3 = RCM
subdivision_name3 = Pontiac
government_type =
leader_title =Mayor
leader_name =Raymond Durocher
leader_title1 =Federal MP
Pontiac
leader_name1 =Lawrence Cannon
(Conservative Party
of Canada
leader_title2 =Quebec MNA
Pontiac
leader_name2 =Charlotte L'Ecuyer
(Parti Libéral du Québec)
established_title = Established
established_date = 15 Dec, 1888
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area_land_km2 = 3.19
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population_total = 1369
population_density_km2 = 429.1
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population_blank1_title =Change ~2001
population_blank1 = -17.6%
population_blank2_title =Dwellings
population_blank2 = 614
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timezone = EST
utc_offset = −5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = −4
coor_type = 134, rue Principale
latd=45 |latm=50 |lats=55 |latNS=N
longd=76 |longm=44 |longs=24 |longEW=W
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postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code =J0X 1V0
area_code = 819
blank_name =Access Routes
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website = [http://www.fortcoulonge.qc.ca/en/welcome/ www.fortcoulonge.qc.ca]
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Fort Coulonge is a village in the Pontiac Regional County Municipality in western Quebec, Canada. Its population in 2006 was 1,369. It is also the francophone centre of the otherwise largely (57%) anglophone Pontiac MRC, with 79.6 per cent listing French as their mother tongue in the Canada 2006 Census.

History

Nicholas d'Ailleboust, Sieur de Coulonge, spent the winter of 1694-95 near the mouth of the Coulonge River and so established one of the first settlements on the Ottawa River.

The first trading post was called Fort-Coulonge. In 1760, the North West Company took over its management and in 1821, the Fort became the property of the Hudson's Bay Company. Until 1828, it served as the head post on the Ottawa River. The post's 655-acre (2.7 km²) farm was sold in 1844 and the buildings in 1855. The trading post became the village of Fort-Coulonge situated several kilometres down river.

The region's first sawmill was built by George Bryson, Sr. in 1843. The first wooden chapel was built in 1873. It was destroyed by fire and replaced by a brick church in 1884. In 1886, the railway reached Fort-Coulonge. Fort-Coulonge became a municipality in 1888 and John Bryson was the first mayor.

ee also

* Pontiac Pacific Junction Railway and Cycloparc PPJ - former railway now converted into a bike path
* Coulonge Chutes
* Esprit Lodge - white water rafting training and certification.

References

* [http://www.mamr.gouv.qc.ca/accueil.asp/ Affaires Municipales et Regions Quebec]
* [http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/profiles/community/Index.cfm?Lang=E/ Statistics Canada]
* [http://www.elections.ca/pas/39ge/39official.pdf/ Elections Canada Results - 39th General Election (2006)]
* [http://www.monvote.qc.ca/en/ Director General of Quebec Elections]
* [http://www.inforoutiere.qc.ca/fr/carte_routiere/index.asp Official Transport Quebec Road Map]

External links

* [http://www.fortcoulonge.qc.ca/en/welcome/ Fort-Coulonge] (official site; English version)
* [http://www.chipfm.com/ CHIP-FM Radio]

Geographic Location (8-way)
Centre = Fort-Coulonge
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