Country Canada RCM La Vallée-de-l'Or Constituted October 24, 1918 Area 420.6 km² Province Québec | Region Abitibi-Témiscamingue Settled 1915 Time zone EST (UTC−5) Population 239 (2011) Area code 819 | |
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Belcourt is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality.
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Map of Belcourt, QC, Canada
History
Following the construction of the National Transcontinental Railway, the area opened up for colonization. The new settlement was originally called Café or Coffee but renamed to Goulet, after the first permanent settler who arrived in 1915. In 1918, it was incorporated as the United Township Municipality of Carpentier-et-Courville. Since there already was a Goulet Post Office in Bellechasse County, the place was officially renamed to Belcourt in 1958, in honour of Napoléon-Antoine Belcourt (1860-1932).
Demographics
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Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 112 (total dwellings: 123)
Mother tongue:
References
Belcourt, Quebec Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA