Lac-Etchemin () is a municipality in and the seat of the
Municipalité régionale de comté des Etchemins in
Quebec
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,
Canada
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. It is part of the
Chaudière-Appalaches
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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
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.
Lac-Etchemin is home to winter resort
Mont Orignal and the birthplace of controversial religious
Community of the Lady of All Nations
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It was founded in 1971 by Marie-Paule Giguère i ...
.
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 for his services to the Crown.
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
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Joseph-Damase Bégin, Quebec politician
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Denis Bernard, actor and producer
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Marie-Michèle Gagnon, World Cup alpine ski racer
See also
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Etchemin River, a stream
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Daaquam River, a stream
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List of municipalities in Quebec
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References
Commission de toponymie du QuébecMinistère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire
External links
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Lac-Etchemin official website
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Municipalities in Quebec
Incorporated places in Chaudière-Appalaches