Kipawa | |
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 Location within Témiscamingue RCM | |
  Kipawa Location in western Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 46°47′N 78°59′W / 46.783°N 78.983°W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
| RCM | Témiscamingue |
| Settled | 1870s |
| Constituted | January 1, 1985 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Norman Young |
| • Federal riding | Abitibi—Témiscamingue |
| • Prov. riding | Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue |
| Area | |
| • Total | 46.84 km2 (18.09 sq mi) |
| • Land | 35.58 km2 (13.74 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
| • Total | 446 |
| • Density | 12.5/km2 (32/sq mi) |
| • Pop (2016–21) |  10.6% |
| • Dwellings | 325 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code | 819 |
| Highways | No major routes |
| Website | www |
Kipawa is a village and municipality in western Quebec, Canada, in the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality. It is located at the south end of Lake Kipawa, adjacent to the Kebaowek Reserve. In addition to the community of Kipawa itself located on the namesake lake, the municipality also includes the community of Tee Lake (originally called Gendreau at the end of the 19th century),[4] and surrounds the Indian Reserve of Kebaowek.
Kipawa is a variant of the Algonquin word Kebaowek which means "closed water", referring to the many closed-off bays and passages of Lake Kipawa.[1] Another theory claims that it means "getting off" or "disembarkation", or the location where one can pick up supplies or trade.[5]
Its main employer is the Commonwealth Plywood Company.
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toponymiewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 85010". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
- ^ a b "Kipawa census profile". 2021 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Tee Lake". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
- ^ "Interview with Mike McKenzie and Francis Robinson". Témiscaming 1921-1996: nos racines, notre histoire (in French). Book Committee: Louise Forget, Yolande Dumas, Julienne Cécire, Thérese Gélineau, Ken Collins, Ross Sparling, Philippe Barette, Shirley McCullock, Marjorie Brown, Linda Lamarhe, Pierre Bérubé, Gerry Jones, Peter McCulloch, Lois Lynn. Témiscaming?: s.n. 1996. p. 358. ISBN 9782980420603. OCLC 936856576.
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