GATINEAU

city, Outaouais region, southwestern Quebec province, Canada. It is situated on the north bank of the Ottawa River, opposite Ottawa and adjacent to Hull, near the mouth of the Gatineau River. The city derives its name from the river, which itself was named for Nicolas Gatineau, a fur trader who reportedly drowned in its waters about 1683. Gatineau was originally a part of Templeton West but was separately incorporated as a village in 1933 and became a town in 1946 and a city in 1975. Its major industry is a large pulp and paper mill, built in 1927, that processes logs floated down to it on the Gatineau River. The city's other products are alcohol and building materials (plywood, fibreboard, acoustic tiles). Gatineau Provincial Park is located to the northwest. Pop. (1991) 92,284.