Lac-Etchemin
Lac-Etchemin | |
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 Lac-Etchemin seen from the lake | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location within Les Etchemins RCM. | |
  Lac-Etchemin Location in southern Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 46°24′N 70°30′W / 46.400°N 70.500°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| RCM | Les Etchemins |
| Constituted | October 10, 2001 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Joan Gagnon |
| • Federal riding | Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis |
| • Prov. riding | Bellechasse |
| Area | |
| 161.60 km2 (62.39 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 157.22 km2 (60.70 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1.65 km2 (0.64 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
| 4,028 | |
| • Density | 25.6/km2 (66/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,769 |
| • Urban density | 1,072.1/km2 (2,777/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  5.4% |
| • Dwellings | 2,075 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area codes | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |  R-276  R-277 |
| Website | www.municipalite. lac-etchemin.qc.ca |
Lac-Etchemin (French pronunciation: [lak ɛtʃəmɛ̃]) is a municipality in and the seat of the Municipalité régionale de comté des Etchemins in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 4,028 as of 2021. It takes its name from Etchemin Lake, at the centre of the municipality. "Etchemin" means "men, human beings" in Abenaki language.
Lac-Etchemin is home to winter resort Mont Orignal and the birthplace of controversial religious Community of the Lady of All Nations.
History
[edit]The area near Etchemin Lake was first described in 1828 as lovely by the surveyor Emmanuel. A few years later, in 1835, the region sees its first settler, Commissary General Sir Randolph Isham Routh KCB (1782–1858), who was given a land grant of 9,000 acres (36 km2) for his services to the Crown.
The new municipality of Lac-Etchemin was created in 2001 following the amalgamation of the city of Lac-Etchemin and the parish of Sainte-Germaine-du-Lac-Etchemin.
Notable people
[edit]- Joseph-Damase Bégin, Quebec politician
- Denis Bernard, actor and producer
- Marie-Michèle Gagnon, World Cup alpine ski racer
See also
[edit]- Etchemin River, a stream
- Daaquam River, a stream
- List of municipalities in Quebec
References
[edit]- ↑ "Reference number 372118". Banque de noms de lieux du Québec [Bank of place names of Quebec] (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- 1 2 "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 28053". www.quebec.ca (in French). Gouvernement du Québec.
- 1 2 "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Lac-Etchemin, Municipalité (MÉ) [Census subdivision], Quebec". 9 February 2022.
External links
[edit]- (in French) Lac-Etchemin official website
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