Lac-Etchemin

Lac-Etchemin (French pronunciation: [lak ɛtʃəmɛ̃]) 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
Location within Les Etchemins RCM.
Lac-Etchemin Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°24′N 70°30′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
RCM	Les Etchemins
Constituted	October 10, 2001
Government [2]
• Mayor	Harold Gagnon
• Federal riding	Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis
• Prov. riding	Bellechasse
Area [2][3]
• Municipality	161.60 km2 (62.39 sq mi)
• Land	157.22 km2 (60.70 sq mi)
• Urban	1.65 km2 (0.64 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Municipality	4,028
• Density	25.6/km2 (66/sq mi)
• Urban	1,769
• Urban density	1,072.1/km2 (2,777/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	5.4%
• Dwellings	2,075
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0R 1S0
Area codes	418 and 581
Highways	R-276 R-277
Website	www.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

• Joseph-Damase Bégin, Quebec politician
• Denis Bernard, actor and producer
• Marie-Michèle Gagnon, World Cup alpine ski racer

See also

• Etchemin River, a stream
• Daaquam River, a stream
• List of municipalities in Quebec