Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours, Quebec
| Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours | |
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| Municipality | |
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 Location within Papineau RCM. |
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 Notre-Dame-de-
Bonsecours |
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| Coordinates: 45°42′N 74°52′W / 45.700°N 74.867°WCoordinates: 45°42′N 74°52′W / 45.700°N 74.867°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Quebec
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| Region | Outaouais |
| RCM | Papineau |
| Constituted | March 7, 1918 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Denis Beauchamp |
| • Federal riding | Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel |
| • Prov. riding | Papineau |
| Area | |
| • Total | 281.30 km2 (108.61 sq mi) |
| • Land | 266.90 km2 (103.05 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 261 |
| • Density | 1.0/km2 (3/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |
 5.1% |
| • Dwellings | 158 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Postal code(s) | J0V 1L0 |
| Area code(s) | 819 |
Highways A-50
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 Route 148 Route 323
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| Website | www |
Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours is a municipality in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada. It is located along the Ottawa River, about 55 kilometres (34 mi) east of Gatineau. It was formerly known as Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours-Partie-Nord. It is the least populated municipality in the Papineau Regional County Municipality.
The northern portion of the municipality is undeveloped wilderness, mostly part of the Kenauk Reserve. This 260 square kilometres (100 sq mi) protected wilderness domain was formerly known as "Reserve de la Petite Nation", but is now a privately owned fish and game reserve of Château Montebello.
The area was part of the Petite-Nation Seigneury, formed in 1674 and originally owned by François de Laval, the first bishop of New France. The seigneury was acquired in 1803 by Joseph Papineau, who became its first civilian lord, and later sold to his son Louis-Joseph Papineau.
The area became of interest economically when England was forced to rely on its colonies for wood for construction of its vessels during the Napoleonic blockade of 1807. It was full of oaks, pines, and maples regarding which Surveyor Joseph Bouchet wrote in 1815: "the terrain rises and is covered with wood of the best species: oaks are of high quality and particularly of large size, suitable for the construction of vessels."
In 1815 the original mission of Notre Dame de Bonsecours was created and in 1821 a chapel dedicated to Notre-Dame de Bonsecours (Our Lady of Good Help) was constructed. On September 31, 1831, the bishop of Quebec Bernard-Claude Panet granted a petition signed by Denis-Benjamin Papineau and over 75 tenants for the formation of a parish. His decree called the new parish Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours-de-la-Petite-Nation and also recommended the people of Bonsecours to acquire the civil recognition of the Governor General of Canada, Lord Aylmer.
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