Constituted January 3, 1898 Postal code(s) J0W 1G0 Area 362.4 km² Population 772 (2011) Area code 819 | Settled 1860s Time zone EST (UTC−5) Highways Route 311 Local time Monday 7:48 AM Province Québec | |
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Weather -21°C, Wind W at 3 km/h, 67% Humidity | ||
Kiamika is a municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality.
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Map of Kiamika, QC, Canada
Joseph Montferrand (1802-1864), a logger of imposing stature and extraordinary physical strength, was from Kiamika.
Etymology
The municipality is named after the Kiamika River, which flows through its territory and is a tributary of the Du Lièvre River. This name, mentioned by Stanislas Drapeau as Kiamica and appearing on a map of Quebec by Eugène Taché from 1870, comes from the Algonquin word kickiamika meaning "steep cut below the water", from kicki (steep cut) and amick (below the water).
However, an alternate meaning may be "deep and quiet river", from the roots kiam (deep) and ka (quiet).
History
In 1883, the Colonization Society of Montarville was founded and took possession of the area in 1884. Settlers established on the banks of the Du Lièvre River, about 11 km south of Val-Barrette, the mission of Saint-Gérard-de-Kiamika, also called Saint-Gérard-de-Montarville. A year later its post office opened. In 1890, the Kiamika Township is proclaimed.
In 1898, the Township Municipality of Kiamika is formed. In 1920, the mission received its status as a parish. In 1994, it changed its statutes and officially became the Municipality of Kiamika.
Demographics
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Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 345 (total dwellings: 482)
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