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

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Pohénégamook
City
Pohenegamook Lake
Location within Témiscouata RCM
Pohénégamook Location in eastern Quebec
Coordinates: 47°28′N 69°13′W[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	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0L 1J0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	Route 289
Website	www.pohenegamook.net

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 located on the lake's southern and western shores.

History

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.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Pohénégamook had a population of 2,481 living in 1,171 of its 1,393 total private dwellings, a change of -3.9% from its 2016 population of 2,582. With a land area of 339.99 km² (131.27 sq mi), it had a population density of 7.3/km² (18.9/sq mi) in 2021.[4]

Recreation

Parc de la Frontière,[5] located along the southern lakeshore of Lake Pohenegamook, straddles the U.S.-Canadian border. It features a historic marker[6] and gives visitors the experience of visiting a park in two countries.

See also

• Lake Pohenegamook, a waterbody
• Boucanée River, a stream
• List of cities in Quebec

References

External links

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

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