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Low represents a rare case where the township was formed after the municipality; the township dates back to 1859 whereas the municipality was founded in 1848 and the municipality township was officially established on 1 January 1857, and came into force on 1 January 1858. It was named after Charles
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The mayor of Low is Carole Robert, who was elected in November 2017. The two most recent former mayors were Morris O'Connor and Michael Francis, who was mayor back in the mid-eighties, and was re-elected in 1997. Francis announced his retirement in the summer of 2009, and finished his term in
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In addition to the village of Low itself, other communities in the township municipality are Brennan's Hill, Fieldville, Martindale, North Low, Paugan Falls, Stagsburn, and Venosta.
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Adamson Low, an important timber merchant of the region in the mid-19th century, a time when many Irish immigrants settled here. Its post office was established in 1854.
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of 40.5 m (133 ft), and 8 turbines with a total capacity of 202 MW. Its reservoir is 30 km (12 sq mi).
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In 1928, the village of Low built the Paugan hydroelectric dam. This caused the voluntary flooding of the village to the north,
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A section of Low called Tucker Lake was home of the Gatineau Clog, a country music festival founded by
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hydroelectric power station and dam on the Gatineau river, operated by
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total private dwellings, a change of 3.9% from its 2016 population of
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Low is situated in a corner of mountainous terrain on the edge of the
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La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality
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La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality
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Its 2021 population was 1,020. 1614:Incorporated places in Outaouais 1367: 1307: 1290: 1282: 1265: 728: 346: 266: 265: 68: 61: 40: 1166: 1134: 1103: 1072: 1041: 881:"MunicipalitĂ© de Canton de Low" 474:Historical census populations – 467: 1238:Places adjacent to Low, Quebec 1176:. Hydro-QuĂ©bec. 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Township municipality

Low is located in Western Quebec
45°49â€ČN 75°57â€ČW / 45.817°N 75.950°W / 45.817; -75.950
Province
Quebec
Region
Outaouais
RCM
La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau
Federal riding
Pontiac
Prov. riding
Gatineau
Time zone
UTC−05:00
EST
DST
UTC−04:00
Postal code(s)
J0X 2C0
Area code
819
R-105
www.lowquebec.ca
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township municipality
La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality
Quebec
Gatineau River

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