Mont-Apica, Quebec

Mont-Apica
Unorganized territory

Radar station on Mont Apica
Mont-Apica

Location in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Quebec.

Coordinates: 47°59′N 71°26′W / 47.983°N 71.433°W / 47.983; -71.433Coordinates: 47°59′N 71°26′W / 47.983°N 71.433°W / 47.983; -71.433[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
RCM Lac-Saint-Jean-Est
Constituted January 1, 1986
Government[2]
 • Federal riding Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean
 • Prov. riding Lac-Saint-Jean
Area[2][3]
 • Total 12.70 km2 (4.90 sq mi)
 • Land 12.68 km2 (4.90 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
 • Total 0
 • Density 0.0/km2 (0/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Steady N/A
 • Dwellings 0
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Highways Route 169

Mont-Apica is an unorganized territory in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the regional county municipality of Lac-Saint-Jean-Est. It had a population of 0 in the Canada 2011 Census, and covered a land area of 12.68 km2, entirely within the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve.

The territory was home to the former RCAF Station Mont Apica, located along Quebec Route 169 at the base of the eponymous Mount Apica. Part of the Pinetree Line and NORAD, the station became operational in 1952 and had a staff of some 500 persons at its peak. Political and technological changes made the station redundant and it closed in 1990.[4]

The Apica River, a small tributary of the Pikauba River, flows through the territory in a narrow and deep valley at the foot of the 884 metres (2,900 ft) high Mount Apica. The river and mountain were spelled as Upika or Upica until 1961, an Innu word meaning "narrowing river".[5]

Demographics

Population trend:[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Reference number 149580 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
  2. 1 2 Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: Mont-Apica
  3. 1 2 "Mont-Apica census profile". 2011 Census data. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2010-10-28.
  4. ↑ "Mont-Apica (Lieu-dit)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2010-10-28.
  5. ↑ "Rivière Apica" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2010-10-28.
  6. ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census


Adjacent Municipal Subdivisions
Lac-Achouakan Lac-Ministuk
Lac-Moncouche Lac-Pikauba
   Mont-Apica  
Lac-Jacques-Cartier


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