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Rapides-des-Joachims is a municipality and village in western Quebec, Canada, part of Pontiac County in the Outaouais region. The village is situated on Rapides-des-Joachims Island (''l'île de Rapides-des-Joachims'') on the Ottawa River, about 100 km northwest of Fort-Coulonge. It is also known as Swisha.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Rapides-des-Joachims
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Municipality
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Rapides Joachims QC 2.jpg
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120x100px
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100x75px
Settlement.nicknames
Swisha, The Swisha
Settlement.image_map
Rapides-des-Joachims Quebec location diagram.png
Settlement.map_caption
Location within Pontiac RCM
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Canada Western Quebec
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top
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in western Quebec
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Canada
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Quebec
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Outaouais
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RCM

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Wikidata facts

Country
Canada
Located in
Pontiac
Population
147
Area
257.10
Shares border with
Lac-Nilgaut
Image
Rapides Joachims QC 2.jpg
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Commons category
Rapides-des-Joachims
inception
1955-01-01
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  • Geography
  • Climate
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  • Population
  • Language
  • Economy
  • Local government
  • See also
  • References
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Rapides-des-Joachims is a municipality and village in western Quebec, Canada, part of Pontiac County in the Outaouais region. The village is situated on Rapides-des-Joachims Island (''l'île de Rapides-des-Joachims'') on the Ottawa River, about 100 km northwest of Fort-Coulonge. It is also known as Swisha.

Rapides-des-Joachims is isolated from the rest of Quebec's road network because the only paved road link to the village is through Rolphton, Ontario, although an unpaved trail exists between the village and Témiscaming. It is the only community on the Quebec side of the Ottawa River between Sheenboro and Témiscaming. Because it is also isolated from Quebec's telecommunications network, the community is part of Rolphton's telephone exchange area, and is consequently served by Ontario's area code 613 rather than Quebec's area code 819.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rapides-des-Joachims” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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