Lac-Etchemin 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 | |
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 Lac-Etchemin seen from the lake | |
 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 | Harold Gagnon |
| • Federal riding | Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis |
| • Prov. riding | Bellechasse |
| Area | |
| • Municipality | 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] | |
| • Municipality | 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 code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |  R-276  R-277 |
| Website | www.municipalite. lac-etchemin.qc.ca |
Lac-Etchemin is home to winter resort Mont Orignal and the birthplace of controversial religious Community of the Lady of All Nations.
History
editThe 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.
People linked to Lac-Etchemin
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- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 372118". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 28053". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- ^ a b "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