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1603:See also:
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1500:Matachewan
1272:Matachewan
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810:References
757:Highway 66
752:Highway 65
678:Median age
636:Population
595:living in
376:along the
351:Matachewan
241:Population
187:Government
104:Matachewan
43:Matachewan
1455:Evanturel
1425:Armstrong
1418:Townships
1409:Latchford
1399:Englehart
650:Land area
410:, called
390:, mainly
263:Time zone
1521:Thornloe
1475:Hilliard
1460:Gauthier
1430:Brethour
1042:April 2,
835:July 17,
763:See also
712:$ 57,216
709:$ 67,500
355:township
195:Township
169:District
159:Province
51:Township
1514:Village
1505:McGarry
1450:Coleman
1355:Ontario
735:Culture
599:of its
583:In the
447:Geology
402:History
396:tourism
385:mineral
366:Ontario
328:Website
306:P0K 1M0
163:Ontario
151:Country
126:80°39′W
123:48°00′N
1591:Savard
1480:Hudson
1470:Harris
1465:Harley
1394:Cobalt
1021:census
914:
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572:−45.0%
550:+21.8%
539:−23.4%
528:−11.3%
461:tonnes
388:mining
370:Canada
154:Canada
1490:Kerns
1485:James
1435:Casey
1387:Towns
947:(PDF)
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566:2016
561:+9.1%
555:2011
544:2006
533:2001
522:1996
517:−7.7%
511:1991
500:1986
353:is a
289:UTC-4
268:UTC-5
1558:West
1553:East
1362:City
1044:2022
1019:2011
1015:2006
1011:2001
1007:1996
955:2012
912:ISBN
856:ISBN
837:2019
630:2011
625:2016
620:2021
489:Pop.
485:Year
337:.com
228:Area
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597:134
593:268
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465:ore
463:of
357:in
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318:705
293:EDT
282:DST
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