Baie-Obaoca, Quebec
Appearance
Baie-Obaoca | |
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![]() Location within Matawinie RCM. | |
Coordinates: 47°31′N 74°18′W / 47.517°N 74.300°W[1] | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
Region | Lanaudière |
RCM | Matawinie |
Constituted | March 13, 1986 |
Government | |
• Federal riding | Joliette |
• Prov. riding | Berthier |
Area | |
• Total | 1,479.61 km2 (571.28 sq mi) |
• Land | 1,280.59 km2 (494.44 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 0 |
• Density | 0.0/km2 (0/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 0 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Highways | No major routes |
Bay Obaoca is an unorganized territory forming part of the Matawinie Regional County Municipality which is part of the administrative region of Lanaudière, in Quebec, in Canada.[4]
Toponymy
[edit]His name was formalized on March 13, 1986 in the Bank of place names of Commission de toponymie du Québec (Geographical Names Board of Québec).[5] It takes its name from the Obaoca Bay, located north-west end of Kempt Lake (Matawinie).[6]
Geography
[edit]This unorganized territory covers an area of 1,278.22 square kilometres (493.52 sq mi).[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 149655". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 62918". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b Statistics Canada 2011 Census - Baie-Obaoca census profile
- ^ Government of Quebec. "Bay Obaoca". Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Regions and land Occupancy. Municipal Directory. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
- ^ Commission de toponymie du Québec - Toponymy: Bay Obaoca Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Commission de toponymie du Québec - Toponymy:Bay Obaoca Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Statistics Canada: Baie-Obaoca