Montebello, Quebec
Montebello | |
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Local development centre in Montebello, in the former Canadian Pacific Railway Depot | |
Location within Papineau RCM | |
| Coordinates: 45°39′N 74°56′W / 45.650°N 74.933°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 (2021) | |
• Total | 934 |
| • Density | 114.0/km2 (295/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 | - 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 |
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Montebello (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃tebɛlo]) is a municipality located in the Papineau Regional County Municipality of Western Quebec, Canada. At the 2021 census, there were 934 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.
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.
From 2005 to 2019, the village hosted the Amnesia Rockfest, which had become Canada's largest rock festival. Past performers included System of a Down, Blink-182, Alice Cooper, The Offspring, Korn, Marilyn Manson, Linkin Park, Rise Against and Dream Theater.