Témiscaming
| Témiscaming | |||
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| Nickname : Timiscaming | |||
 Cellulose factory on the Ottawa River in Temiscaming |
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| Location in Quebec | |||
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| Province : | Quebec | ||
| Administrative region : | Abitibi-Témiscamingue | ||
| MRC or equivalent : | Témiscamingue | ||
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 43 ′ N , 79 ° 6 ′ W | ||
| Area : | 861.77 km² | ||
| Residents : | 2753 (as of 2007) | ||
| Population density : | 3.2 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern Time ( UTC − 5 ) | ||
| Municipality number: | 85005 | ||
| Website : | www.temiscaming.net | ||
Témiscaming , engl. Timiscaming , is a small town on the south bank of Lac Témiscamingue in Québec , Canada's largest province . It belongs to the regional county municipality ( municipalité régionale de comté ) Témiscamingue .
The most important industry is a cellulose factory. Témiscaming was founded in 1917 by Riordan Pulp. The village and factory were purchased by the Canadian International Paper Company in 1925 . In 1973, when the company decided to close the plant, the Tembec company took over the mill.
Personalities
- Rich Lemieux (born 1951), ice hockey player
- André Savard (* 1953), ice hockey player, trainer and official
notes
- ↑ the spelling of all geographical, historical or political units in this border area between Ontario and Quebec varies both at the beginning and at the end of the word, partly because of the two Canadian national languages.