La Pêche (, ; meaning "Fishing") is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
along both sides of the
Gatineau River
The Gatineau River (, ) 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 drains an area of .
Toponomy
Ac ...
in
Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais Regional County Municipality
Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais (, "The hills of the Outaouais") is a regional county municipality in the Outaouais region of western Quebec, Canada. The region nearly encircles the City of Gatineau, which is to the south. Its administrative seat is i ...
in the
Outaouais
Outaouais (, ; also commonly called The Outaouais) is a region of western Quebec, Canada. It includes the city of Gatineau, the municipality of Val-des-Monts, the municipality of Cantley, Quebec, Cantley and the Papineau Regional County Municipal ...
region of
Quebec
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, Canada, about north of downtown
Gatineau
Gatineau ( ; ) is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It is located on the northern bank of the Ottawa River, directly across from Ottawa, Ontario. Gatineau is the largest city in the Outaouais administrative region of Quebec and is also p ...
.
Bordering on the north side of the
Gatineau Park
Gatineau Park () is a federal park located in the Outaouais, Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada. Administered by the National Capital Commission as part of the National Capital Region (Canada), National Capital Region, Gatineau Park is a wedge ...
, La Pêche provides multiple access points to this park.
La Pêche was declared Quebec's first and Canada's second
fair trade town on November 9, 2007.
Communities

It includes the following villages and communities:
*Duclos
*
East Aldfield
*Edelweiss
*Farrellton
*Lac-des-Loups (Wolf Lake)
*Lascelles,
Rupert and
Alcove
*Sainte-Cécile-de-Masham
*Saint-François-de-Masham
*Saint-Louis-de-Masham
*
Wakefield
Wakefield is a cathedral city in West Yorkshire, England located on the River Calder. The city had a population of 109,766 in the 2021 census, up from 99,251 in the 2011 census. The city is the administrative centre of the wider Metropolit ...
History
The geographic townships of Aldfield, Masham, and Wakefield were already plotted on the
Gale and Duberger Map of 1795, all named after places in
Yorkshire
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, England. Around 1825, logging began in the area, while European settlement began around 1847 with the arrival of large number of people of York County in England.
La Pêche was formed in 1975 through the merger of the township municipalities of Wakefield and Aldfield, the village of Wakefield, and the municipality of Sainte-Cécile-de-Masham. It was named after
La Pêche Lake and
La Pêche River.
Demographics
Mother tongue:
* English as first language: 36.8%
* French as first language: 58.0%
* English and French as first language: 1.8%
* Other as first language: 2.6%
See also
*
List of anglophone communities in Quebec
This is a list of anglophone communities in the Canadian province of Quebec. Municipalities with a high percentage of English-speakers in Quebec are listed.
The provincial average of Quebecers whose mother tongue is English is 7.6%, with a tot ...
References
External links
Municipality of La Pêche
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Municipalities in Quebec
Incorporated places in Outaouais