L'Île-du-Grand-Calumet
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L'Île-du-Grand-Calumet is a municipality in the Outaouais region, part of the Pontiac Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. The municipality consists primarily of Calumet Island[4] (also Grand Calumet Island;[5] in French Île du Grand Calumet[6]), but also includes Lafontaine Island, French Island, Green Island, and numerous minor surrounding islets, all in the Ottawa River, approximately two kilometres (1¼ miles) from Campbell's Bay, two kilometres (1¼ miles) from Bryson.
L'Île-du-Grand-Calumet | |
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Coordinates: 45.72°N 76.62°W / 45.72; -76.62[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Outaouais |
RCM | Pontiac |
Settled | 1840s |
Constituted | July 1, 1855 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Jean-Louis Corriveau |
• Federal riding | Pontiac |
• Prov. riding | Pontiac |
Area | |
• Total | 147.28 km2 (56.87 sq mi) |
• Land | 132.55 km2 (51.18 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 648 |
• Density | 5.0/km2 (13/sq mi) |
• Pop 2016-2021 | 3.5% |
• Dwellings | 437 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code | 819 |
Highways | No major routes |
Website | xn--le-du-grand-calumet-41b |
Grand-Calumet is the principal settlement of L'Île-du-Grand-Calumet. Its centre is the Sainte-Anne Church, which is alongside the municipal building and the school. It is also the site where First Nation tribes held their annual pow-wow, occasionally smoking their calumet, from which its name is derived.[7]
Bordering on Whitewater Region, Ontario, the municipality is the co-location of some of the roughest sections on the Ottawa River, popular with kayakers and rafters. Three whitewater rafting companies based in L'Île-du-Grand-Calumet take adventurers down the Rocher Fendu Rapids, known as the best whitewater rapids in Eastern North America.[8]