Baie-des-Chaloupes (, meaning "Bay of
oat-aunches") is an unorganized territory of Quebec located in the regional county municipality of
Antoine-Labelle, in
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 C ...
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Quebec
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Canada
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The territory, covering a land area of about 900 km, is named after a bay in Lake Cinq-Doigts.
History
This unorganized territory was created on January 1, 1981 by the
Government of Quebec
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Demographics
See also
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List of unorganized territories in Quebec
The following is a list of unincorporated areas (''territoires non organisés'') in Quebec.
There are no unorganized territories in the following administrative regions: Centre-du-Québec, Chaudière-Appalaches, Estrie, Laval, Montérégie, Mont ...
References
Unorganized territories in Laurentides
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