Notre-Dame-du-Nord
Municipality in Quebec, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 | |
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Coordinates: 47°36′N 79°29′W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
RCM | Témiscamingue |
Settled | 1896 |
Constituted | September 23, 1919 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Nico Gervais |
• Federal riding | Abitibi—Témiscamingue |
• Prov. riding | Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue |
Area | |
• Total | 89.92 km2 (34.72 sq mi) |
• Land | 74.34 km2 (28.70 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 1,090 |
• Density | 14.7/km2 (38/sq mi) |
• Pop (2016–21) | 3.6% |
• Dwellings | 569 |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code | 819 |
Website | nddn |
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.