Duparquet, Quebec
| Duparquet | |
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| City | |
Town Hall of Duparquet
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 Location within Abitibi-Ouest RCM. |
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 Duparquet
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| Coordinates: 48°30′N 79°14′W / 48.500°N 79.233°WCoordinates: 48°30′N 79°14′W / 48.500°N 79.233°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Quebec
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| Region | Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
| RCM | Abitibi-Ouest |
| Constituted | April 13, 1933 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Gilbert Rivard |
| • Federal riding | Abitibi—Témiscamingue |
| • Prov. riding | Abitibi-Ouest |
| Area | |
| • Total | 154.90 km2 (59.81 sq mi) |
| • Land | 123.63 km2 (47.73 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 657 |
| • Density | 5.3/km2 (14/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |
 2.8% |
| • Dwellings | 359 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Postal code(s) | J0Z 1W0 |
| Area code(s) | 819 |
| Highways |
 Route 388 Route 393
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| Website | www |
Duparquet is a ville in northwestern Quebec, Canada in the MRC d'Abitibi-Ouest. It covers 157.4 km² and had a population of 657 as of the Canada 2011 Census.
In 1912, a rich gold vein was discovered near Lake Duparquet by a prospector named Beattie. He set up the Beattie Gold Mine company that began operation in 1933. That same year, the new community forming at the mine was incorporated as Ville de Duparquet, named after the geographic township in which it is located. The township was named in 1916 in honour of Jean-Annet Chabreuil Du Parquet, a grenadier captain of the La Sarre Regiment, that was part of General Montcalm's army.
After producing 1 million ounces of gold and killing at least 27 miners, including 4 in a landslide on 9 July 1946, the mine closed in 1956. But the owners of the mining rights are currently considering reopening it as an open-pit mine.
Population trend:
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 312 (total dwellings: 359)
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