Lac-Simon is a

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(also known as Simosagigan) and lake in

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located south-east of

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. The reserve occupies , an on reserve population of 1,285 (2021) and is governed by the . There are also a number of residential cottages and summer houses around the lake. It is about with a large island containing a smaller pond itself. There are several small islands on it, some of which are large enough to camp on. Around 1910, the missionary Étienne Blanchin and the

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encouraged

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from

Kitcisakik Kitcisakik or Grand-Lac Victoria Indian Settlement is an Indian settlement of the Kitcisakik Anicinape Community located in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (wi ...

(Grand-Lac-Victoria) to come and establish a community at Lac-Simon. Other Algonquins were then invited to move to Lac-Simon. In the 1950s, a small

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with four people on board crashed and sank in very deep water in the lake. In 2007 the aircraft was discovered in of water.Quebec police divers recover plane wreck 50 years after crash.
CBC News. Posted: May 14, 2008 The return of deer to the area was featured in an episode of ''

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'' in the mid-1980s. Lac-Simon FN 2

References

External links

Official site (French)
Algonquin Communities in Abitibi-Témiscamingue Indian reserves in Quebec {{AbitibiTémiscamingue-geo-stub