Pointe-Fortune, Quebec
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| Motto: La fortune aime les audacieux | ||
 Location within Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM. |
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 Pointe-Fortune
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| Coordinates: 45°34′N 74°23′W / 45.567°N 74.383°WCoordinates: 45°34′N 74°23′W / 45.567°N 74.383°W | ||
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 Canada
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| Province |
 Quebec
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| Region | Montérégie | |
| RCM | Vaudreuil-Soulanges | |
| Constituted | 28 August 1880 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Jean-Pierre Daoust | |
| • Federal riding | Vaudreuil-Soulanges | |
| • Prov. riding | Soulanges | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 9.60 km2 (3.71 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 8.35 km2 (3.22 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011) | ||
| • Total | 542 | |
| • Density | 64.9/km2 (168/sq mi) | |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |
 6.9% |
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| • Dwellings | 265 | |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) | |
| Postal code(s) | J0P 1N0 | |
| Area code(s) | 450 and 579 | |
Highways A-40
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 Route 342
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| Website | pointefortune |
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Pointe-Fortune is a village municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada, on the Ottawa River (Rivière des Outaouais) in Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality, northwest of Montreal. The population at the 2011 Census was 542.
Macdonell-Williamson House, which owes its existence to the fur trade and the legendary Voyageurs, is located at the historical boundary marker (which still stands to this day) which marks the division between Upper and Lower Canada..
Pointe Fortune celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2004.
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