Pohénégamook

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City in Quebec, Canada

47°28′N 69°13′W / 47.467°N 69.217°W / 47.467; -69.217^[1]Country

CanadaProvince

QuebecRegionBas-Saint-LaurentRCMTémiscouataConstitutedNovember 3, 1973Government

^[2]

• MayorLouise Labonté • Federal ridingRimouski-Neigette—
Témiscouata—Les Basques • Prov. ridingRivière-du-Loup-TémiscouataArea

^[2]^[3]

• Total349.40 km² (134.90 sq mi) • Land340.33 km² (131.40 sq mi)Population

(2011)^[3]

• Total2,770 • Density8.1/km² (21/sq mi) • Pop 2006-2011

5.8% • Dwellings

1,383Time zoneUTC−5 (EST) • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)Postal code(s)

G0L 1J0

Area code(s)418 and 581Highways

R-289Websitewww.pohenegamook.net

Pohénégamook, Quebec (pop. 2940) is a Canadian town on the Canada–United States border in Quebec's Témiscouata Regional County Municipality.

The town shares the border with Estcourt Station, Maine, the northernmost point in New England.

As of 2006, Pohénégamook had 2940 people, down 5.1% from the last census in 2001.

The town is named after Lake Pohenegamook and is located on the lake's southern and western shores.

History

Pohénégamook was amalgamated with the formerly-independent communities of Saint-Pierre d'Estcourt, Saint-Éleuthère, Village-Blier and Saint-David-de-Sully on October 23, 1973.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Pohénégamook had a population of 2,481 living in 1,171 of its 1,393 total private dwellings, a change of -3.9% from its 2016 population of 2,582. With a land area of 339.99 km² (131.27 sq mi), it had a population density of 7.3/km² (18.9/sq mi) in 2021.^[4]

Recreation

Parc de la Frontière,^[5] located along the southern lakeshore of Lake Pohenegamook, straddles the U.S.-Canadian border. It features a historic marker^[6] and gives visitors the experience of visiting a park in two countries.

References

^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 50039". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
^ ^a ^b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 13095". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
^ ^a ^b "Pohénégamook (Code 2413095) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
^ "Parc de la Frontière - Pohénégamook | Regional parks - Bas-Saint-Laurent".
^ "Le Pont International / The International Bridge Historical Marker".