Lac-Chicobi, Quebec
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Lac-Chicobi is an unorganized area in the Canadian
Canada
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 province of Quebec
Quebec
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, located within the Abitibi Regional County Municipality
Abitibi Regional County Municipality, Quebec
Abitibi Regional County Municipality is located in Northwestern Quebec. The Regional County Municipality seat is Amos.-Municipalities:*Barraute*Berry*Champneuf*La Corne*La Morandière*La Motte*Preissac*Rochebaucourt*Saint-Dominique-du-Rosaire...

. The area consists of two non-contiguous portions on either side of the incorporated municipality of Berry
Berry, Quebec
Berry is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Abitibi Regional County Municipality. The municipality had a population of 560 in the Canada 2006 Census....

.

The area had a population of 176 in the Canada 2006 Census
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, and a land area of 721.98 square kilometres.

The eponymous Lake Chicobi is roughly in the centre of the territory's western portion. It is fed by the Authier and Chicobi Rivers and drained by the Octave River, a tributary of the Harricana River
Harricana River
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. The lake's name, in the past also spelled as Chikobi, Chikobee, and Cikobi, comes from an Amerindian word meaning "where there are no islands". The Tanginan and Chicobi Hills are two prominent hills south-west of the lake, reaching an altitude of 441 metres (1,446.9 ft).

South of Lake Chicobi is the community of Guyenne (48°46′41"N 78°28′13"W), the territory's only population centre. It is named after the geographic township of Guyenne (proclaimed in 1916), in turn named the Guyenne Regiment that fought under General Montcalm
Louis-Joseph de Montcalm
Louis-Joseph de Montcalm-Gozon, Marquis de Saint-Veran was a French soldier best known as the commander of the forces in North America during the Seven Years' War .Montcalm was born near Nîmes in France to a noble family, and entered military service...

's command.

Demographics

Population:
  • Population in 2006: 176 (2001 to 2006 population change: -7.9 %)
  • Population in 2001: 191
  • Population in 1996: 227
  • Population in 1991: 235


Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 67 (total dwellings: 74)
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