Matagami
Sign in to saveMatagami (, ) is a small town in Quebec, Canada. It is located north of Amos, on Matagami Lake, at the northern terminus of Route 109 and the start of the James Bay Road (French: Route de la Baie James). It is enclaved within the local municipality of Eeyou Istchee James Bay, but administratively independent of it. The town had a population of 1,526 as of the Canada 2011 Census.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Matagami
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
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- Matagamitown.jpg
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- View of Matagami
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- Quebec
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- 195, boulevard Matagami
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- Country
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- Canada
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Quebec
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Nord-du-Québec
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- RCM
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- None
- Settlement.established_title1
- Constituted
- Settlement.established_date1
- 1 April 1963
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- René Dubé
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Matagami (, ) is a small town in Quebec, Canada. It is located north of Amos, on Matagami Lake, at the northern terminus of Route 109 and the start of the James Bay Road (French: Route de la Baie James). It is enclaved within the local municipality of Eeyou Istchee James Bay, but administratively independent of it. The town had a population of 1,526 as of the Canada 2011 Census.
==History== thumb|left|Matagami Lake Matagami was founded in 1963 with the development of mining in the area. Previously, it existed only as a very small prospecting camp accessible only by float plane, but after a viable mineral deposit was found in the late 1950s a permanent settlement began to be established. In 1962, the Quebec Toponomy Commission attempted to name the new community Mazenod after Charles-Joseph-Eugène de Mazenod, the founder of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, but after a public outcry by local residents the community was named after Matagami Lake.