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Lac-Etchemin is a municipality in and the seat of the Municipalité régionale de comté des Etchemins in
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.
Commission de toponymie du QuébecMinistère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire
Lac-Etchemin official website
{{authority control Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Chaudière-Appalaches
Quebec
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, Canada
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. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches
Chaudière-Appalaches () is an administrative region in Quebec, Canada. It comprises most of what is historically known as the "Beauce" (french: La Beauce; compare with the electoral district of Beauce). It is named for the Chaudière River and ...
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
Abenaki (''Eastern: Alənαpαtəwéwαkan, Western: Alnôbaôdwawôgan'') is an endangered Algonquian language of Quebec and the northern states of New England. The language has Eastern and Western forms which differ in vocabulary and phonolog ...
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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
The Community of the Lady of All Nations, also known as the Community of the Lady of All Peoples or the Army of Mary, is a Marian sect that has been condemned as heretical by the Catholic Church.
It was founded in 1971 by Marie-Paule Giguère in ...
.
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
*Joseph-Damase Bégin
Joseph-Damase Bégin, also known as Jos-D. Bégin, was a Canadian politician and an eight-term Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.
Background
He was born on August 6, 1900 in Lac-Etchemin, Quebec and was a car dealer.
Member of th ...
, Quebec politician
* Denis Bernard, actor and producer
* Marie-Michèle Gagnon
Marie-Michèle Gagnon (born 25 April 1989) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Canada. Born in Lévis, Quebec, she was a technical skier focused on slalom. However, since an injury at the start of 2017 season, she no longer competes in slalom ...
, World Cup alpine ski racer
See also
* Etchemin Lake, a water body *Etchemin River
The Etchemin River is a river in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of eastern Quebec.
It gave its name to Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality. The river itself was named for the Abenaki native people of the area who the French called "le ...
, a stream
* Discharge of Etchemin Lake, a stream
* Little Etchemin River, a stream
* Raquette River (Famine River), a stream
* Flowers River, a stream
* Daaquam River
The Daaquam River ( French: ''Rivière Daaquam'') is a river primarily flowing in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, at South of Quebec in Canada and northern Maine, in United States.
The river runs from its source (), south of ...
, a stream
* Liste of cities in Chaudière-Appalaches
* List of municipalities in Quebec
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References
Commission de toponymie du Québec
External links
*Lac-Etchemin official website
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