La Pêche (, Quebec French pronunciation: ) is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

along both sides of the

Gatineau River The Gatineau River (french: Rivière Gatineau, ) is a river in western Quebec, Canada, which rises in lakes north of the Baskatong Reservoir and flows south to join the Ottawa River at the city of Gatineau, Quebec. The river is long and drain ...

Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais Regional County Municipality Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais (French for "The hills of the Outaouais") is a regional county municipality in the Outaouais region of western Quebec, Canada. The region nearly encircles the City of Gatineau, which is to the south. Its administrative ...

in the

Outaouais Outaouais (, ; also commonly called The Outaouais) is a region of western Quebec, Canada. It includes the city of Gatineau, the municipality of Val-des-Monts and the Papineau region. Geographically, it is located on the north side of the Ottaw ...

region of

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, Canada, about north of downtown Gatineau. Bordering on the north side of the

Gatineau Park Gatineau Park (french: Parc de la Gatineau) is a federal park located in the Outaouais, Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada. Administered by the National Capital Commission as part of the National Capital Region (Canada), National Capital Region, ...

, La Pêche provides multiple access points to this park. La Pêche was declared Quebec's first and Canada's second fair trade town on November 9, 2007.

Communities

It includes the following villages and communities: *Duclos * East Aldfield *Edelweiss *Farrellton *Lac-des-Loups (Wolf Lake) *Lascelles, Rupert and Alcove *Sainte-Cécile-de-Masham *Saint-François-de-Masham *Saint-Louis-de-Masham *

Wakefield Wakefield is a cathedral city in West Yorkshire, England located on the River Calder. The city had a population of 99,251 in the 2011 census.https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/ks101ew Census 2011 table KS101EW Usual resident population, ...

History

The geographic townships of Aldfield, Masham, and Wakefield were already plotted on the Gale and Duberger Map of 1795, all named after places in

Yorkshire Yorkshire ( ; abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a historic county in northern England and by far the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its large area in comparison with other English counties, functions have ...

, England. Around 1825, logging began in the area, while European settlement began around 1847 with the arrival of large number of people of York County in England. La Pêche was formed in 1975 through the merger of the township municipalities of Wakefield and Aldfield, the village of Wakefield, and the municipality of Sainte-Cécile-de-Masham. It was named after La Pêche Lake and La Pêche River.

Demographics

Mother tongue: * English as first language: 36.8% * French as first language: 58.0% * English and French as first language: 1.8% * Other as first language: 2.6%

References

External links

Municipality of La Pêche
{{DEFAULTSORT:Peche, La Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Outaouais