Montebello, Quebec
Montebello is a municipality located in the Papineau Regional County Municipality of Western Quebec, Canada. At the 2001 census, there were 1,039 permanent residents. The village has a total area of 7.95 square kilometres (3.07 sq mi), and is located at the eastern edge of Quebec's Outaouais region. It is located on the border with Ontario.
Montebello | |
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Local development centre in Montebello, in the former Canadian Pacific Railway Depot | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location within Papineau RCM | |
Montebello Location in western Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 45°39′N 74°56′W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Outaouais |
| RCM | Papineau |
| Constituted | August 29, 1885 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Wesley Fairchild |
| • Federal riding | Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation |
| • Prov. riding | Papineau |
| Area | |
| • Total | 10.50 km2 (4.05 sq mi) |
| • Land | 8.62 km2 (3.33 sq mi) |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 983 |
| • Density | 114.0/km2 (295/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2011-2016 | 0.5% |
| • Dwellings | 505 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code | 819 |
| Highways | R-148 R-323 |
| Website | www |
The village is the location of the Château Montebello resort, the largest log structure ever built. The resort was the host of the 1983 NATO Nuclear Planning Group, and the 1981 G7 Economic Summit.
Parc Omega, a large drive-through wildlife park, is just to the north in Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours.
Since 2005, it also hosts the Amnesia Rockfest, which had become Canada's largest rock festival. Past performers include System of a Down, Blink-182, Alice Cooper, The Offspring, Korn, Marilyn Manson, Linkin Park, Rise Against and Dream Theater.