Country Canada RCM Abitibi-Ouest Time zone EST (UTC−5) Area 154.9 km² Area code 819 | Region Abitibi-Témiscamingue Constituted April 13, 1933 Postal code(s) J0Z 1W0 Province Québec | |
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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.
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Map of Duparquet, QC, Canada
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
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Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 312 (total dwellings: 359)
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