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Grand-Remous is a town and municipality in La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. The municipality is south of the Baskatong Reservoir, spanning both sides of the Gatineau River. The town is situated at the intersection of Route 117 and Route 105.

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Grand-Remous
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Municipality
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Grand Remous QC.jpg
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120x100px
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120x100px
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Grand-Remous Quebec location diagram.png
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Location within La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau RCM.
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Canada Western Quebec
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left
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Location in western Quebec
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Country
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Canada
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Province
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Quebec
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Region
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Outaouais
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RCM
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La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau

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Grand-Remous is a town and municipality in La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. The municipality is south of the Baskatong Reservoir, spanning both sides of the Gatineau River. The town is situated at the intersection of Route 117 and Route 105.

"Grand-Remous" is French for "great eddy" and is a reference to a large whirlpool on the Gatineau River near the Grand Remous Chute. This name matches the Atikamekw name "Obémiticwang", also meaning "choppy waters" or "big stir."

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Grand-Remous” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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