Amos, Quebec
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Skyline of Amos and the Harricana River
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| Coordinates: 48°34′N 78°07′W / 48.567°N 78.117°WCoordinates: 48°34′N 78°07′W / 48.567°N 78.117°W | ||
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 Canada
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| Province |
 Quebec
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| Region | Abitibi-Témiscamingue | |
| RCM | Abitibi | |
| Settled | 1910 | |
| Constituted | January 17, 1987 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Sébastien D'Astous | |
| • Federal riding | Abitibi—Témiscamingue | |
| • Prov. riding | Abitibi-Ouest | |
| • MNA: | François Gendron (PQ) | |
| Area | ||
| • Town | 435.10 km2 (167.99 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 430.67 km2 (166.28 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 7.91 km2 (3.05 sq mi) | |
| • Metro | 1,650.99 km2 (637.45 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 310.00 m (1,017.06 ft) | |
| Population (2011) | ||
| • Town | 12,671 | |
| • Density | 29.4/km2 (76/sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 9,400 | |
| • Urban density | 1,188.8/km2 (3,079/sq mi) | |
| • Metro | 17,090 | |
| • Metro density | 10.4/km2 (27/sq mi) | |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |
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| • Dwellings | 5,787 | |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) | |
| Postal code(s) | J9T | |
| Area code(s) | 819 | |
| Highways |
 Route 109 Route 111 Route 395
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| Website | www |
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Amos is a town in northwestern Quebec, Canada, on the Harricana River. It is the seat of Abitibi Regional County Municipality.
Amos is the main town on the Harricana River, and the smallest of the three primary towns — after Rouyn-Noranda and Val-d'Or — in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec. Its main resources are spring water, gold and wood products, including paper. In 2012, Quebec Lithium Corp. re-opened Canada's first lithium mine, which had operated as an underground mine from 1955–65. They are planning to carve an open pit mine over pegmatite dikes. (The pegmatite is about 1% lithium carbonate.) The mine is about 60 kilometres (37 mi) north of Val d'Or, 38 kilometres (24 mi) southeast of Amos, and 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) km west of Barraute. It is in the northeast corner of La Corne Township. Access to the mine is via paved road from Val d'Or.
The smaller communities of Lac-Gauvin and Saint-Maurice-de-Dalquier are also within the municipal boundaries of Amos.
Rupert's Land, in which Abitibi was located, was owned by the Hudson's Bay Company and was bought by Canada in 1869. Abitibi itself was then annexed to the province in Quebec on June 13, 1898 by an act of the federal Parliament.
Amos was the first colonisation point for the region of Abitibi, with colonization beginning in 1910. The municipality was established in 1914 while the city itself was chartered in 1925. The name of the city came from the maiden name of the wife of Sir Lomer Gouin, then premier of Quebec.
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