Bowman, Quebec
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Bowman is a village and municipality in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada. It is located in the Laurentian Hills, Script error: No such module "convert". north-east of Gatineau.
Geography
The municipality is bordered to the east by the Du Lièvre River and by Whitefish Lake (lac du Poisson Blanc) in the north-west. Its terrain is characterized by several deep lakes (including Reservoir l'Escalier) in a hilly terrain with altitudes between Script error: No such module "convert". and Script error: No such module "convert"..[1]
History
Bowman Township was formed in 1861 and named after one of the first inhabitants of this place, Baxter Bowman, who operated a sawmill at Dufferin Chutes in Buckingham and was owner of a large tract of forest in the Outaouais in the late nineteenth century.[2][1]
On 1 January 1885, Bowman was combined with Villeneuve Township to form the United Township Municipality of Bowman-et-Villeneuve. In 1913, the Township Municipality of Bowman was formed when the two townships separated (Villeneuve was renamed to Val-des-Bois in 1958), and in 1954, its statutes were amended again to become the Municipality of Bowman.[2]
Bowman was affected by the 2010 Central Canada earthquake and suffered some damage to a 50 metre wide area of land near a bridge.[3] Traffic on Route 307 was diverted while Transport Canada assessed the damage. There were no fatalities.
Demographics
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Mother tongue:[4]
- English as first language: 9.8%
- French as first language: 88.6%
- English and French as first language: 0.8%
- Other as first language: 1.5%
Local government
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- Roger Madore (2005–2009)
- Michel David (2009-2017)
- Pierre Labonté (2017–present)
See also
References
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