Notre-Dame-du-Laus is a municipality in the

Laurentides The Laurentides () is a region of Quebec. While it is often called the Laurentians in English, the region includes only part of the Laurentian mountains. It has a total land area of and its population was 589,400 inhabitants as of the 2016 Cens ...

region of Quebec, Canada, part of the

Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality Antoine-Labelle is a regional county municipality located in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Mont-Laurier. It is named for Antoine Labelle. Subdivisions There are 28 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Cities & Towns (2) * M ...

. The municipality is characterized by hilly forests with a great number of lakes, rivers, and creeks. Because of those nature gems, there are many cottages owned and built in the area. The eastern portion of its territory is part of the

Papineau-Labelle Wildlife Reserve Papineau-Labelle Wildlife Reserve is a reserve in the Laurentian Mountains of Quebec, Canada, stretching across the Laurentides and Outaouais regions. The area was extensively logged in the late 19th to the mid-20th century. Although logging sti ...

. Consequently, the local economy is dependent on forestry as well as on the influx of tourists, fishermen and hunters.

History

Between 1820 and 1849, the

Hudson's Bay Company The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC; french: Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson) is a Canadian retail business group. A fur trading business for much of its existence, HBC now owns and operates retail stores in Canada. The company's namesake business di ...

operated a trading post at the outlet of Sables Lake on the Du Lièvre River that controlled all the

fur brigade Fur brigades were convoys of canoes and boats used to transport supplies, trading goods and furs in the North American fur trade industry. Much of it consisted of native fur trappers, most of whom were Metis, and fur traders who travelled between ...

s from the upper Du Lièvre and

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 ...

s. In 1873, the Notre-Dame-du-Laus parish was founded, named after the apparitions of

Our Lady of Laus Our Lady of Laus (french: Notre-Dame du Laus) or Refuge of Sinners denotes Marian apparitions that took place between 1664 and 1718 in Saint-Étienne-le-Laus, France, to Benoîte Rencurel, a young shepherdess. The apparitions were approved by t ...

. In 1876, the place was incorporated as the United Township Municipality of Bigelow-Wells-Blake-et-McGill, and two years later the post office, which was named Notre-Dame-du-Laus, opened. In February 1946, the municipality was renamed to its current name.

Demographics

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents (2021): 932 (total dwellings: 1,924) Mother tongue: * English as first language: 3.8% * French as first language: 94.7% * English and French as first language: 0.9% * Other as first language: 0.9%

References

{{authority control Incorporated places in Laurentides Municipalities in Quebec

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