Pohénégamook

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Pohénégamook
City
Aerial view of Pohénégamook
Location within Témiscouata RCM
Pohénégamook Location in eastern Quebec
Coordinates: 47°28′N 69°13′W / 47.467°N 69.217°W / 47.467; -69.217
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Bas-Saint-Laurent
RCM	Témiscouata
Constituted	November 3, 1973
Government
• Mayor	Benoît Morin
• Federal riding	Côte-du-Sud—Rivière-du-Loup—Kataskomiq—Témiscouata
• Prov. riding	Rivière-du-Loup–Témiscouata–Les Basques
Area
• Total	349.40 km2 (134.90 sq mi)
• Land	339.99 km2 (131.27 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Total	2,481
• Density	7.3/km2 (19/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	3.9%
• Dwellings	1,393
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0L 1J0
Area codes	418 and 581
Highways	R-289
Website	www.pohenegamook.net

Pohénégamook (French pronunciation: [pɔeneɡamok]; pop. 2481) 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 2021, Pohénégamook had 2,481 people, down 3.9% from the last census in 2016.

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.

Attractions

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

See also

• Lake Pohenegamook, a waterbody
• Boucanée River, a stream
• List of towns in Quebec

References

External links

• Media related to Pohénégamook at Wikimedia Commons
• http://www.pohenegamook.net (Pohenegamook official website)

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