Bouchette
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Bouchette (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a municipality in the geographic centre of the La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada, Script error: No such module "convert". north of Gatineau. Its territory is along the shores of Gatineau River and western Thirty-One Mile Lake.
Agriculture is an important economic activity, along with outdoor tourism. It has less than 700 residents but approximately 1075 cottage owners.[1]
There is a variety of services in Bouchette: school, post office, municipal services, grocery and hardware stores, restaurants, accommodation, construction contractors, camping.[1]
History
The Bouchette Township was proclaimed in 1858 and the Township Municipality was formed in 1872. It was named in honour of Surveyor General of Lower Canada Joseph Bouchette (1774–1841).[2]
The township of Cameron between the Gatineau River and Thirty-One Mile Lake was proclaimed in 1854 and named in honour of Canadian businessman and politician Malcolm Cameron.[2]
In 1980, the townships of Bouchette and Cameron merged, forming the new Municipality of Bouchette.
Demographics
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Private dwellings occupied by usual residents (2021): 347 (out of 629 total)[3]
Languages:
- French as first language: 81%
- English as first language: 19%
Local government
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- Réjean Carle (...–2009)
- Réjean Major (2009–2017)
- Gilles Bastien (2017–2021)
- Steve Lefebvre (2021–present)
References
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