Northern Quebec
Northern Quebec is a region in Quebec. It is sparsely inhabited with a number of logging and mining towns and hydro electric projects. It covers an area greater than 800,000 km², making it larger than Turkey, but has a population of less than 200,000, three-quarters of whom live in Abitibi-Témiscamingue in the extreme southwest of the region.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Rouyn-Noranda and Baie-James.
Rouyn-Noranda
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Rouyn-Noranda is a city on Osisko Lake in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec, Canada. The city of Rouyn-Noranda is coextensive with a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality and census division of Quebec of the same name.
Baie-James
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Eeyou Istchee James Bay is a local municipality in the Jamésie in administrative region of Nord-du-Québec. Located to the east of James Bay, Eeyou Istchee James Bay covers 283,123.42 km2 of land, making it the largest incorporated municipality in Canada — only eight unorganized territories are larger.
Val-d’Or
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Val-d'Or is a city of 32,000 people in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of northwestern Quebec, on the road to Rouyn. The city is known for its vast parks, cycle tracks, and forests.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Nunavik.
Abitibi-Témiscamingue
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Abitibi-Temiscamingue, is a sparsely populated region of Quebec that is focussed on logging and mining. Abitibi-Témiscamingue offers the visitor excellent hunting and fishing, and vast expanses of wilderness.
Nunavik
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Nunavik is the northernmost part of Northern Quebec. It is the homeland of the Inuit people of Quebec. For thousands of years, the Inuit have lived in this vast Arctic territory.
Northern Quebec
- Type: territory
- Description: region of Quebec
- Location: Quebec, Canada, North America
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Latitude of center
56.1667° or 56° 10′ 0″ northLongitude of center
-74.4167° or 74° 25′ 0″ westWikidata ID
Q63798352
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Slovenian—“Northern Quebec” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Noord-Québec”
- French: “Nord-du-Québec”
- Italian: “Québec settentrionale”
- Slovenian: “Severni Quebec”
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