Duparquet (French pronunciation: [dypaʁkɛ]) is a city in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the MRC d'Abitibi-Ouest of the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region.
In 1912, a rich gold vein was discovered near Lake Duparquet by a prospector named Beattie.
That same year, the new community forming at the mine was incorporated as Ville de Duparquet, named after the geographic township in which it is located.
The township was named in 1916 in honour of Jean-Annet Chabreuil Du Parquet, a grenadier captain of the La Sarre Regiment, that was part of General Montcalm's army.
[1] After producing 1 million ounces of gold and killing at least 27 miners, including 4 in a landslide on 9 July 1946, the mine closed in 1956.