Duparquet
Sign in to saveDuparquet () is a city in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the MRC d'Abitibi-Ouest of the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region. It covers and had a population of 716 as of the Canada 2021 Census. It was named to tribute Jean-Annet Chabreuil Du Parquet, a grenadier captain of the La Sarre Regiment, that was part of Louis-Joseph de Montcalm's army.
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- Duparquet
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- Town Hall of Duparquet
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- Canada
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- Quebec
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- Abitibi-Témiscamingue
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- RCM
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- Abitibi-Ouest
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Duparquet () is a city in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the MRC d'Abitibi-Ouest of the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region. It covers and had a population of 716 as of the Canada 2021 Census. It was named to tribute Jean-Annet Chabreuil Du Parquet, a grenadier captain of the La Sarre Regiment, that was part of Louis-Joseph de Montcalm's army.
==History== thumb|left|A view of Lake Duparquet from Chemin du Lac, a waterfront road in Duparquet 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.