Kamouraska (French pronunciation: [kamuʁaska] ) is a regional county municipality in eastern Quebec, Canada. The regional county municipality seat is Saint-Pascal, but the largest town is La Pocatière.
The area is an important research, development and education centre for agriculture. Factories in the region produce metal products and public transportation equipment. One of the people instrumental in settling and developing this area was Pascal Taché, an early seigneur.
The name "Kamouraska" comes from an Algonquin word meaning "where rushes grow at the water's edge".
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Geography
Adjacent counties and municipalities
Aroostook County, Maine – southeast
L'Islet Regional County Municipality, Quebec – southwest
Subdivisions
There are 17 subdivisions within the RCM:
Transportation
Access routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border: