Amos, Quebec

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Amos is a town in northwestern Quebec, Canada on the Harricana River. It is the Regional County Municipality seat of Abitibi Regional County Municipality. The North West territories in which Abitibi was located was owned by the Hudson Bay company and was bought by Canada in 1869. Abitibi itself was then annexed to the province of Quebec on June 13th 1898 by a federal decree.

Amos was the first colonisation point for the region of Abitibi, with colonization beginning in 1910. The municipality was established in 1914 while the city itself was chartered in 1925. The name of the city came from the maiden name of the wife of Sir Lomer Gouin, then premier of Quebec.

A related municipality was created in 1917 under the name 'Municipalité de la partie ouest des cantons unis de Figuery et Dalquier' (Municipality of the western part of the united townships of Figury and Dalquier) which changed name for 'Amos-Ouest' (West-Amos) in 1949. In 1974 the municipality fused with the city of Amos proper.

Another related municipality was created in 1918 under the name 'Municipalité de la partie est des cantons Figuery et Dalquier' (Municipality of the eastern part of the united townships of Figury and Dalquier) which also changed name later(1950) into Amos-Est (East-Amos). The municipality was finally integrated into the city of Amos itself in 1987.

The main city on the Harricana river, its main resources are spring water and wood products (including paper).

The current mayor of the city is Ulric Chérubin, who happen to be one of the first (if not the first) black mayor in the province of Québec.

According to the 2001 Statistics Canada Census:

  • Population: 13,044
  • % Change (1996 – 2001): −4.3
  • Dwellings: 5,536
  • Area (km².): 430.27
  • Density (persons per km².): 30.3

[edit] Images

View from the west side of the river, the railroad bridge.

The Sainte-Thérèse-d'Avilla Cathedral, the only one of its type in North-America.

View of the east part of the town from the air.

[edit] Communities

North: Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier
West: Trécesson, Sainte-Gertrude-Manneville Amos
Amos completely surrounds the Abitibiwinni First Nation(Pikogan)
 East: La Morandière
South: Saint-Mathieu-d'Harricana, Saint-Marc-de-Figuery, Landrienne
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