Notre-Dame-du-Nord

Notre-Dame-du-Nord is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality. It is located at the northern end of Lake Timiskaming where the Ottawa River enters into this lake.

Notre-Dame-du-Nord
Municipality
Lake Timiskaming waterfront
Location within Témiscamingue RCM.
Notre-Dame-du-Nord Location in western Quebec.
Coordinates: 47°36′N 79°29′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Abitibi-Témiscamingue
RCM	Témiscamingue
Settled	1896
Constituted	September 23, 1919
Government [2]
• Mayor	Alain Flageol
• Federal riding	Abitibi—Témiscamingue
• Prov. riding	Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue
Area [2][3]
• Total	89.60 km^2 (34.59 sq mi)
• Land	74.99 km^2 (28.95 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[3]
• Total	1,075
• Density	14.3/km^2 (37/sq mi)
• Pop (2006–11)	3.7%
• Dwellings	534
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0Z 3B0
Area code(s)	819
Website	municipalite.notre-dame-du-nord.qc.ca

The municipality is located along Route 101. A local street, rue Ontario, extends westward from Route 101 to the Quebec-Ontario border, where it becomes Ontario Highway 65. In Ontario, the highway passes through the townships of Casey and Harris en route to the city of Temiskaming Shores.

Notre-Dame-du-Nord is best known as the home of an annual truck drag race event called Rodéo du Camion (Truck Rodeo) which is held over the August Civic Holiday of each year, which brings over 650 trucks and 60,000 spectators to the town each year.

Local attractions also include the Lake Timiskaming Fossil Centre, a museum and research institution dedicated to the fossils of the Témiscamingue region, and the Heath Racing motocross track.

History

Intersection of Route 101 and Rue Ontario, with Lake Timiskaming in the background

The area had been known by a variety of names: Tête-du-Lac ("Head-of-the-Lake" in reference to its position at the head of Lake Timiskaming), Pointe à Polson in 1858 (after a First Nations family living there at the time), Murray City in 1862 (in honour of Thomas Murray of Pembroke whose company was logging there), and North Temiscaming at the end of 19th century.[1]

In 1895, the mission located on the north bank of the Rapids des Quinze became a parish under the name of Notre-Dame-du-Nord. In 1919, the place was incorporated as the Township Municipality of Nedelec-Partie-Sud. It was partially destroyed in the Great Fire of 1922. In 1928, it was renamed after the parish.[1][4]

In 1951, the Municipality of Notre-Dame-des-Quinze, which had developed concurrently on the other side of the rapids, was merged into Notre-Dame-du-Nord.[4]

Demographics

Population trend:[5]

Year	Population	Percent change
2011	1075	−3.7%
2006	1116	0.6%
2001	1109	−12.3%
1996	1250	0.4%
1991	1245	---

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 514 (total dwellings: 534)

Mother tongue:[6]

First language	Percentage
English	14.7%
French	81.1%
English and French	0.9%
Other	3.2%

Historial publications

• Notre-Dame-du-Nord 1986–1996, written by Marc Riopel and the "Comité du livre", 1995, 539 pages.(in French)

See also

• List of municipalities in Quebec

References

1. "Notre-Dame-du-Nord (Municipalité)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2011-01-02.
2. "Notre-Dame-du-Nord". Répertoire des municipalités (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire. Archived from the original on 2012-06-01. Retrieved 2011-01-02.
3. "Notre-Dame-du-Nord census profile". 2011 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-01-02.
4. "History of Notre-Dame-du-Nord". Chambre de Commerce de Notre-Dame-du-Nord. Retrieved 2011-01-02.
5. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census, 2006 Population and dwelling count amendments, 2011 census
6. "Notre-Dame-du-Nord community profile". 2006 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-01-02.

External links

• Notre-Dame-du-Nord