Lac-au-Brochet, Quebec

Lac-au-Brochet
Unorganized territory

Location within La Haute-Côte-Nord RCM.
Lac-au-Brochet

Location in Côte-Nord region of Quebec.

Coordinates: 49°40′N 69°36′W / 49.667°N 69.600°WCoordinates: 49°40′N 69°36′W / 49.667°N 69.600°W[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Côte-Nord
RCM La Haute-Côte-Nord
Constituted January 1, 1986
Government[2]
 • Federal riding Montmorency—Charlevoix
—Haute-Côte-Nord
 • Prov. riding René-Lévesque
Area[2][3]
 • Total 10,176.70 km2 (3,929.25 sq mi)
 • Land 9,645.71 km2 (3,724.23 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
 • Total 0
 • Density 0.0/km2 (0/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Steady N/A
 • Dwellings 1
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Highways No major routes

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.

The community of Labrieville (49°18′00″N 69°33′50″W / 49.30000°N 69.56389°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.

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]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Reference number 149767 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: Lac-au-Brochet
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Statistics Canada 2011 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 census