Obedjiwan
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thumb|Vue sur le réservoir Gouin - Obedjiwan, Quebec Obedjiwan (officially designated as Obedjiwan 28) is a First Nations reserve and village on the north shore of Gouin Reservoir in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada. It belongs to the Atikamekw of Opitciwan band of the Atikamekw Nation.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Obedjiwan
- Settlement.settlement_type
- First Nations reserve
- Settlement.native_name
- Opitciwan
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Éléments architectoniques sur une maison d'Obedjiwan.jpg
- Settlement.image_alt
- A roof and a chimney
- Settlement.image_caption
- The roof of an Obedjiwan house
- Settlement.flag_size
- 120x100px
- Settlement.shield_size
- 100x80px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Canada Central Quebec
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- top
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Mauricie
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Census division
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- La Tuque
- Settlement.established_title
- Settled
- Settlement.established_date
- 1825 (trading post)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Obedjiwan 28
- Country
- Canada
- Population
- 1991
- Area
- 9.27
- Shares border with
- La Tuque
- Official website
- www.opitciwan.ca
- Image
- Lac Obedjiwan - Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson - Atikamekw.jpg
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- Commons category
- Obedjiwan
- enclave within
- La Tuque
- inception
- 1825-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Etymology
- History
- Land history
- Demographics
- Language
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|Vue sur le réservoir Gouin - Obedjiwan, Quebec Obedjiwan (officially designated as Obedjiwan 28) is a First Nations reserve and village on the north shore of Gouin Reservoir in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada. It belongs to the Atikamekw of Opitciwan band of the Atikamekw Nation.
== Geography == thumb|left|Route 1046 north of Obedjiwan thumb|left|Forest road 0212 en route to Obedjiwan Obedjiwan reserve is situated on the north shore of Gouin Reservoir, at (direct line) south of Chibougamau, north of Wemotaci and northwest of La Tuque. The reserve is located between Lake Kamitcikamac (west) and Wopisiw Bay (East). In front (south side), there is the tip Martel Kiwam jutting into the lake Mamette.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Obedjiwan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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