Lac-au-Brochet, Quebec

Lac-au-Brochet is an unorganized territory in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. It makes up over 83% of the La Haute-Côte-Nord Regional County Municipality.

Lac-au-Brochet
Unorganized territory
Location within La Haute-Côte-Nord RCM.
Location within La Haute-Côte-Nord RCM.
Lac-au-Brochet is located in Côte-Nord region, Quebec
Lac-au-Brochet
Lac-au-Brochet
Location in Côte-Nord region of Quebec.
Coordinates: 49°40′N 69°36′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionCôte-Nord
RCMLa Haute-Côte-Nord
ConstitutedJanuary 1, 1986
Government
[2]
 • Federal ridingMontmorency—Charlevoix
—Haute-Côte-Nord
 • Prov. ridingRené-Lévesque
Area
[2][3]
 • Total10,176.70 km2 (3,929.25 sq mi)
 • Land9,360.33 km2 (3,614.04 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total0
 • Density0.0/km2 (0/sq mi)
 • Pop 2016-2021
Decrease 100%
 • Dwellings
7
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
HighwaysNo major routes

The community of Labrieville (49°18′00″N 69°33′50″W) is located approximately in the centre of the territory along the Betsiamites River. Named after Napoléon-Alexandre Labrie, bishop of the Diocese of Golfe St-Laurent, it was established in the 1950s as a work camp to accommodate Hydro-Québec workers constructing the Bersimis-1 and Bersimis-2 generating stations. The company town was fully serviced with a hospital, hotel, bank, and shopping plaza. Upon completion of the hydro-electric facilities, Hydro-Québec tried to find another buyer for the town. But this proved unsuccessful, and they transferred most houses and businesses to Forestville in 1974.[4] The community now serves as an access point to the Labrieville ZEC but doesn't have any permanent resident.

The eponymous Brochet Lake is about 20 kilometres (12 mi) north-east of the Pipmuacan Reservoir and just over 30 kilometres (19 mi) north of Labrieville. It has a surface area of nearly 45 square kilometres (17 sq mi), and is drained by the Brochet River, a tributary of the Betsiamites. Named after the northern pike (French: brochet), the Montagnais called it Tshinusheu Shakikan, also meaning Pike Lake.[5]

Demographics

Population trend:[6]

  • Population in 2021: 0
  • Population in 2016: 5
  • Population in 2011: 0
  • Population in 2006: 0
  • Population in 2001: 0
  • Population in 1996: 3
  • Population in 1991: 0

See also

References
  1. "Reference number 149767 in Banque de noms de lieux du Québec". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: Lac-au-Brochet
  3. Statistics Canada 2021 Census - Lac-au-Brochet census profile
  4. "Labrieville". Histoires oubliées (in French). Les Productions Vic Pelletier inc. Retrieved 2010-06-21.
  5. "Lac au Brochet" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
  6. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census



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