Radisson (Quebec)
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| Province : | Quebec | ||
| Administrative region : | North du Quebec | ||
| MRC or equivalent : | Jamésie | ||
| Coordinates : | 53 ° 48 ′ N , 77 ° 37 ′ W | ||
| Area : | 1 041.97 km² | ||
| Residents : | 350 (as of 2006) | ||
| Population density : | 0.3 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern Time ( UTC − 5 ) | ||
| Municipality number: | 99060 | ||
Radisson is a settlement in the municipality of Baie-James , which was dissolved in 2014 in the Eeyou Istchee Baie-James Territory, in the north of the Canadian province of Québec . The parish is located in a regional county parish ( municipalité régionale de comté ) corresponding Jamésie and was founded in 1974 to house construction workers and employees of the Baie-James hydropower project.
The place was named after the French explorer, ranger and fur trader Pierre-Esprit Radisson .
Radisson is the end point of the 620 km Route de la Baie James to Matagami , which was built in the early 1970s to develop the construction sites of the Baie James hydropower project.
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