Pohénégamook

Pohénégamook
City
Pohenegamook Lake
Location within Témiscouata RCM
Pohénégamook Location in eastern Quebec
Coordinates: 47°28′N 69°13′W / 47.467°N 69.217°W / 47.467; -69.217Coordinates: 47°28′N 69°13′W / 47.467°N 69.217°W / 47.467; -69.217^[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Bas-Saint-Laurent
RCM	Témiscouata
Constituted	November 3, 1973
Government^[2]
• Mayor	Louise Labonté
• Federal riding	Rimouski-Neigette— Témiscouata—Les Basques
• Prov. riding	Rivière-du-Loup-Témiscouata
Area^[2]^[3]
• Total	349.40 km² (134.90 sq mi)
• Land	340.33 km² (131.40 sq mi)
Population (2011)^[3]
• Total	2,770
• Density	8.1/km² (21/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	5.8%
• Dwellings	1,383
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s)	G0L 1J0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	Route 289
Website	www.pohenegamook.net

Pohénégamook, Quebec (pop. 2940) is a Canadian town on the Canada–United States border in Quebec's Témiscouata Regional County Municipality.

The town shares the border with Estcourt Station, Maine, the northernmost point in New England.

As of 2006, Pohénégamook had 2940 people, down -5.1% from the last census in 2001. The town is named after Lake Pohenegamook and is situated on the lake's southern and western shores.

Pohénégamook was amalgamated with the formerly independent communities of Saint-Pierre d'Estcourt, Saint-Éleuthère, Village-Blier and Saint-David-de-Sully on October 23, 1973.

References

↑ Reference number 50039 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
1 2 Geographic code 13095 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
1 2 "(Code 2413095) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.

External links

Media related to Pohénégamook at Wikimedia Commons
http://www.pohenegamook.net (Pohenegamook official website)

Picard

Saint-Honoré-de-Témiscouata

Saint-Elzéar-de-Témiscouata

Pohénégamook

Saint-Athanase

Northwest Aroostook, Maine

Rivière-Bleue

Subdivisions of Témiscouata Regional County Municipality

Cities & Towns	Dégelis Pohénégamook Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac

Municipalities	Auclair Biencourt Lac-des-Aigles Lejeune Rivière-Bleue Saint-Athanase Saint-Elzéar-de-Témiscouata Saint-Honoré-de-Témiscouata Saint-Jean-de-la-Lande Saint-Juste-du-Lac Saint-Pierre-de-Lamy

Parishes	Packington Saint-Eusèbe Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! Saint-Marc-du-Lac-Long Saint-Michel-du-Squatec

Regional County Municipalities in Bas-Saint-Laurent: Kamouraska La Matapédia La Mitis Les Basques La Matanie Rimouski-Neigette Rivière-du-Loup Témiscouata Indian Reserves Cacouna Whitworth

Saint John River Watershed

Tributaries	Allagash River Aroostook River Baker Branch Saint John River Becaguimec Stream Big Black River Birch River Blackwater River Campbell Branch Little Black River River De Chute Daaquam River Fish River Hammond River Jemseg River Kennebecasis River Keswick River Little Black River Little Machias River Little Madawaska River Little River Little Saint Roch River Little Southwest Branch Saint John River Machias River Madawaska River Meduxnekeag River Nashwaak River Nerepis River North Branch Birch River North Branch Blackwater River North Branch Meduxnekeag River Northwest Branch Saint John River Oromocto River Red River Saint Croix Stream Saint Francis River Shields Branch South Branch Birch River South Branch Blackwater River South Branch Machias River South Branch Meduxnekeag River Southwest Branch Saint John River Tobique River West Branch Little Black River

Lakes	Chemquasabamticook Lake Cross Lake Eagle Lake Fish River Lake Grand Lake Long Lake Mactaquac Lake Mud Lake Lake Pohenegamook Portage Lake Saint Froid Lake Scopan Lake Square Lake Umsaskis Lake

Towns	Allagash Ashland Blaine Bridgewater Caribou Eagle Lake Easton Edmundston Florenceville-Bristol Fort Fairfield Fort Kent Fredericton Frenchville Grand Bay–Westfield Grand Falls Grand Isle Hampton Hartland Hodgdon Houlton Limestone Littleton Madawaska Mapleton Mars Hill Masardis Monticello Nackawic New Limerick Oromocto Perham Perth-Andover Pohénégamook Portage Lake Presque Isle Quispamsis Rivière-Bleue Rothesay Sainte Agatha Saint-Camille-de-Lellis Saint-Cyprien Saint Francis Saint John Saint-Just-de-Bretenières Saint-Léonard Saint-Marcel Saint-Pamphile Saint-Zacharie Stockholm Sussex Van Buren Washburn Westfield Woodstock

Landmarks	Allagash Wilderness Waterway Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Clair–Fort Kent Bridge Edmundston–Madawaska Bridge Florenceville Bridge Fort Kent Hartland Bridge North Maine Woods Reversing Falls Saint John Harbour Bridge Saint John River High Level Crossing Saint Leonard–Van Buren Bridge Tinker Dam Watson Settlement Bridge

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Pohénégamook

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