Lac-au-Brochet, Quebec

Unorganized territory in Quebec, Canada

49°40′N 69°36′W / 49.667°N 69.600°W / 49.667; -69.600^[1]Country

CanadaProvince

QuebecRegionCôte-NordRCMLa Haute-Côte-NordConstitutedJanuary 1, 1986Government

^[2]

• Federal ridingMontmorency—Charlevoix
—Haute-Côte-Nord • Prov. ridingRené-LévesqueArea

^[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

100% • Dwellings

7Time zoneUTC−5 (EST) • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)HighwaysNo 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 / 49.30000; -69.56389) 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

References

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