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 4,088 as of 2009. It takes its name from Etchemin Lake, at the centre of the municipality. "Etchemin" means "men, human beings" in Abenaki language.

Lac-Etchemin or the Land of The Emmanuel
Municipality
Location within Les Etchemins RCM.
Lac-Etchemin or the Land of The Emmanuel
Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°24′N 70°30′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMLes Etchemins
ConstitutedOctober 10, 2001
Government
 • MayorHarold Gagnon
 • Federal ridingBellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis
 • Prov. ridingBellechasse
Area
 • Total161.60 km2 (62.39 sq mi)
 • Land157.53 km2 (60.82 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total4,061
 • Density25.8/km2 (67/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
 0.4%
 • Dwellings
2,065
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0R 1S0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways Route 276
Route 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 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. Geographic code 28053 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (in French)
  3. "(Code 2428053) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.



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