Pohénégamook, Quebec
The town shares the border with Estcourt Station, Maine, the northernmost point in New England.
As of 2006, Pohénégamook had 2940 people, down 5.1% from the last census in 2001.
The town is named after Lake Pohenegamook and is located on the lake's southern and western shores.
History
Pohénégamook was amalgamated with the formerly-independent communities of Saint-Pierre d'Estcourt, Saint-Éleuthère, Village-Blier and Saint-David-de-Sully on October 23, 1973.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Pohénégamook had a population of 2,481 living in 1,171 of its 1,393 total private dwellings, a change of -3.9% from its 2016 population of 2,582. With a land area of 339.99 km (131.27 sq mi), it had a population density of 7.3/km (18.9/sq mi) in 2021.
Recreation
Parc de la Frontière, located along the southern lakeshore of Lake Pohenegamook, straddles the U.S.-Canadian border. It features a historic marker and gives visitors the experience of visiting a park in two countries.
See also
- Lake Pohenegamook, a waterbody
- Boucanée River, a stream
- List of cities in Quebec