Lac-Jacques-Cartier, Quebec

Lac-Jacques-Cartier is a large unorganized territory in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada, in the La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality, making up more than 85% of this regional county. It is unpopulated and undeveloped, almost entirely part of the Jacques-Cartier National Park and the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve.

Lac-Jacques-Cartier
Unorganized territory
Lake Jacques Cartier
Location within La Côte-de-Beaupré RCM
Lac-Jacques-Cartier
Location in central Quebec
Coordinates: 47°35′N 71°13′W[1]
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionCapitale-Nationale
RCMLa Côte-de-Beaupré
ConstitutedJanuary 1, 1986
Government
 • Federal ridingMontmorency—Charlevoix
—Haute-Côte-Nord
 • Prov. ridingCharlevoix–Côte-de-Beaupré
Area
 • Total4,286.40 km2 (1,654.99 sq mi)
 • Land4,151.18 km2 (1,602.78 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[3]
 • Total0
 • Density0.0/km2 (0/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Highways Route 175

Quebec Route 175 bisects the territory, and passes on the western shore of Lake Jacques-Cartier, after which the territory is named and source of the Jacques-Cartier River.

Demographics

Population trend:[4]

  • Population in 2016: 0
  • Population in 2011: 0
  • Population in 2006: 0
  • Population in 2001: 0
  • Population in 1996: 0
  • Population in 1991: 3

See also

References
  1. Reference number 149588 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (in French)
  2. Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: Lac-Jacques-Cartier
  3. "(Code 2421904) Census Profile". 2016 census. Statistics Canada. 2017.
  4. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census

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