Lac-Etchemin, Quebec

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
Municipality
Lac-Etchemin seen from the lake
Lac-Etchemin seen from the lake
Location within Les Etchemins RCM.
Location within Les Etchemins RCM.
Lac-Etchemin is located in Southern Quebec
Lac-Etchemin
Lac-Etchemin
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°24′N 70°30′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMLes Etchemins
ConstitutedOctober 10, 2001
Government
[2]
 • MayorHarold Gagnon
 • Federal ridingBellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis
 • Prov. ridingBellechasse
Area
[2][3]
 • Total161.60 km2 (62.39 sq mi)
 • Land157.22 km2 (60.70 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total4,028
 • Density25.6/km2 (66/sq mi)
 • Pop 2016-2021
Increase 5.4%
 • Dwellings
2,075
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0R 1S0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways R-276
R-277
Websitewww.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

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.

Sir Randolph Isham Routh's Lac Etchemin Summer Residence 1838, painted by his second wife, Marie Louise Taschereau (1811–1891)

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

See also

References
  1. "Reference number 372118 in Banque de noms de lieux du Québec". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. "Geographic code 28053 in the official Répertoire des municipalités". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Lac-Etchemin, Municipalité (MÉ) [Census subdivision], Quebec". 9 February 2022.



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