La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau (, The Valley of the Gatineau) is a regional county municipality in the Outaouais region of western Quebec, Canada. The seat is in Gracefield. It was incorporated on January 1, 1983 and was named for its location straddling the Gatineau River north of Low.
It consists of two cities, fifteen municipalities, and five unorganized territories. The area also has two Algonquin communities, Rapid Lake in the heart of the La Vérendrye Wildlife Reserve and Kitigan Zibi.
The territory of the Gatineau Valley is bordered by other Outaouais RCMs: to the east by the Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality, to the southeast by Papineau RCM, to the south by the Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais RCM and to the west by the Pontiac Regional County Municipality. To the north is La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region. Numerous lakes abound in area, including everything from the small Lac des Pins Lac des Pins, Aumond, Quebec to 31 Mile Lake.
Subdivisions There are 22 subdivisions within the RCM:
Cities & Towns (2) Gracefield Maniwaki
Municipalities (13) Blue Sea Bois-Franc Bouchette Cayamant Déléage Denholm Egan-Sud Grand-Remous Kazabazua Lac-Sainte-Marie Messines Montcerf-Lytton Sainte-Thérèse-de-la-Gatineau
Townships (2) Aumond Low
Unorganized Territory (5) Cascades-Malignes Dépôt-Échouani Lac-Lenôtre Lac-Moselle Lac-Pythonga
First Nation Reserve (2) Kitigan Zibi Rapid Lake
Transportation Access routes Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:Official Transport Quebec Road Map
Autoroutes None Principal highways
Secondary highways None
See also List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec
References
External links
Official website (in French) Gatineau Valley Tourism site Gatineau Valley Development agency