Duparquet


Duparquet is a city in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the MRC d'Abitibi-Ouest of the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region. It covers and had a population of 716 as of the Canada 2021 Census. It was named to tribute Jean-Annet Chabreuil Du Parquet, a grenadier captain of the La Sarre Regiment, that was part of Louis-Joseph de Montcalm's army.
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History

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.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Duparquet had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.
Mother tongue :
  • English as first language: 0.7%
  • French as first language: 98.6%
  • English and French as first language: 0%
  • Other as first language: 0%

Government

Municipal council

As of 2023:
  • Mayor: Denis Blais
  • Councillors: Donald Baril, Marlene Doroftei, Claudette Macameau, Véronique Drouin-Lecompte, Chantal Provencher, Solange Gamache
  • General Director: Chantal Poirier

Notable people