From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Abitibi may refer to:

• Abitibi Canyon, Ontario, community adjacent to Abitibi Canyon Generating Station
• Abitibi Canyon Generating Station, Canadian hydroelectric power plant
• Abitibi-Témiscamingue (Canada), a region of Quebec
• AbitibiBowater, a pulp and paper manufacturing company

Abitibi-Consolidated, the company that merged with Bowater to create AbitibiBowater

• Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou (Canada), a former federal electoral district
• Abitibi (provincial electoral district), a former Quebec provincial electoral district
• Abitibi County, Quebec (Canada), a historical county
• Abitibi Regional County Municipality, Quebec (Canada)
• Abitibi River (Canada)
• Lake Abitibi (Canada)
• the Abitibi (passenger train), a VIA Rail passenger train
• Abitibi Eskimos, a junior A hockey club based in Iroquois Falls, Ontario, playing in the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League

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From Wikitravel

Abitibi, or Abitibi-Temiscamingue as it is officially called, is a region of Quebec.

• Rouyn-Noranda -- Abitibi-Témiscamingue's capital, it is often referred to as "La capitale nationale du Cuivre" (National Copper Capital).
• Val-d'Or -- Second economic center of the region.
• Amos -- Town of 14 000 habitants. Located North-East of Rouyn-Noranda
• Ville-Marie -- Located in Témiscamingue

Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

English

Proper noun

Abitibi

1. A geographic region in Quebec within Abitibi-Témiscamingue.

French

Proper noun

Abitibi

1. Abitibi

Usage notes

• The exact geographical extant of the region has varied a lot over time. Originally it referred to the drainage basin of southern James Bay rivers (an area now mostly part of Jamésie). As time evolved the name was applied to specific administrative or electoral entities. Modern Abitibi encompasses primarily the regional county municipalities that formerly composed Abitibi County: Abitibi, Abitibi Ouest and La-Vallée-de-l'Or.

Derived terms

• abitibien
• Abitibien