La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality, Quebec
It consists of two cities, fifteen municipalities, and five unorganized territories. The area also has two Algonquin communities, Rapid Lake in the heart of the La Vérendrye Wildlife Reserve and Kitigan Zibi.
The territory of the Gatineau Valley is bordered by other Outaouais RCMs: to the east by the Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality, to the southeast by Papineau RCM, to the south by the Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais RCM and to the west by the Pontiac Regional County Municipality. To the north is La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region. Numerous lakes abound in area, including everything from the small Lac des Pins to 31 Mile Lake.
The administrative centre for La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau is north of Kitigan Zibi in Maniwaki, previously the county seat of historic Gatineau County.
Subdivisions
There are 22 subdivisions within the RCM:
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Transportation
Access routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:
- Autoroutes
- None
- Principal highways
- Secondary highways
- None
See also
References
- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 141085". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 830". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census: La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau, Municipalité régionale de comté [Census division], Quebec". Statistics Canada. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
- ^ "La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality (Code 2483) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
- ^ Lac des Pins, Aumond, Quebec
- ^ "31 miles lake (Lac des trente et un milles), Quebec - the Lake".
- ^ Official Transport Quebec Road Map