Kiamika | |
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| Motto: Quel coup de cœur! | |
 Location within Antoine-Labelle RCM | |
  Kiamika Location in central Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 46°25′N 75°23′W / 46.417°N 75.383°W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Laurentides |
| RCM | Antoine-Labelle |
| Settled | 1860s |
| Constituted | January 3, 1898 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Michel Dion |
| • Federal riding | Laurentides—Labelle |
| • Prov. riding | Labelle |
| Area | |
| • Total | 362.94 km2 (140.13 sq mi) |
| • Land | 337.53 km2 (130.32 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
| • Total | 790 |
| • Density | 2.3/km2 (6/sq mi) |
| • Pop. (2016-21) |  4.4% |
| • Dwellings | 508 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code | 819 |
| Highways |  R-311 |
| Website | www |
Kiamika is a municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality.
Joseph Montferrand (1802-1864), a logger of imposing stature and extraordinary physical strength, was from Kiamika.[1]
The municipality is named after the Kiamika River, which flows through its territory and is a tributary of the Lièvre River. This name, mentioned by Stanislas Drapeau as Kiamica and appearing on a map of Quebec by Eugène Taché from 1870, comes from the Algonquin word kickiamika meaning "steep cut below the water", from kicki (steep cut) and amick (below the water).[1]
However, an alternate meaning may be "deep and quiet river", from the roots kiam (deep) and ka (quiet).[1][4]
- ^ a b c d "Kiamika (Municipalité)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
mamrotwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b "Kiamika, Municipalité (MÉ) Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Notre histoire" (in French). Municipalité de kiamika. Archived from the original on 2010-03-16. Retrieved 2009-08-21.