Lac-Metei

Lac-Metei is an unorganized territory in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec, Canada. It is one of five unorganized territories in the La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality. Most of it is inside La Vérendrye Wildlife Reserve.

Lac-Metei
Unorganized territory
Location within La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM
Lac-Metei Location in western Quebec
Coordinates: 47°45′N 76°23′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Abitibi-Témiscamingue
RCM	La Vallée-de-l'Or
Constituted	January 1, 1986
Government [2]
• Federal riding	Abitibi—Baie-James— Nunavik—Eeyou
• Prov. riding	Abitibi-Est
Area [2][3]
• Total	78.50 km2 (30.31 sq mi)
• Land	72.12 km2 (27.85 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	0
• Density	0.0/km2 (0/sq mi)
• Pop (2016-21)	0.0%
• Dwellings	0
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Highways	No major routes

It was formed on July 6, 1996, when most of the former unorganized territory of Lac-Bricault (which was 1,038.06 km² (400.80 sq mi) in area) was added to the City of Senneterre. It retained only a small wedge-shaped piece of land that was renamed to Lac-Metei, after Lake Metei found within is boundaries.^[4] The name Metei comes from the Innu language, meaning "heart".^[5]

Demographics

The territory has never had any permanent population since its formation in 1996.^[3][6]