Lac-Beauport () is a town in the

Capitale-Nationale Capitale-Nationale (; ) is one of the 17 administrative regions of Quebec. It is anchored by the provincial capital, Quebec City, and is largely coextensive with that city's metropolitan area. It has a land area of 18,684.78 km2. It reported ...

region of

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, located on the eponymous Lake Beauport. It has a population of about 8,200 people, and lies about 25 kilometres north from downtown

Quebec City Quebec City is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the Census Metropolitan Area (including surrounding communities) had a populati ...

. Lac-Beauport is the home of

Le Relais Le Relais is a ski mountain just 15 minutes from downtown Quebec City, Canada. It is the smallest of the four ski stations located near Quebec City with Mont Sainte-Anne, Stoneham and Le Massif. Description Located in Lac-Beauport, Le Rela ...

ski centre.

Geography

The municipality of Lac-Beauport surrounds the homonymous lake. It is bounded to the south by

, to the north and west by the united townships of

Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury is a united township municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the regional county municipality of La Jacques-Cartier north of Quebec City. Its main attraction is the Stoneham Mountain Resort. The larg ...

and to the east by the municipality of

Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval () is a city in La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. Its urban area is located in the hollow of the Montmorency River valley, northeast of Quebec City. The ...

. Located in the Laurentians massif, the municipality occupies the basin centered on the lake as well as the surrounding hills and mountains.

History

Around 1820, a small cluster of homes was built on the present site of the municipality, named Waterloo Settlement by the English immigrants after the Anglo-Prussian victory at Waterloo. In 1845, the Municipality of St-Dunstan was formed, named after the local parish of Saint-Dunstan-du-Lac-Beauport. It was abolished in 1847, but reestablished as the Parish Municipality of Saint-Dunstan-du-Lac-Beauport in 1855. In common use, it was only known as Lac-Beauport, prompting the town council to officially change the name in 1989.

Demographics

Population

Language

Mother tongue: * English as first language: 2.3% * French as first language: 95.5% * English and French as first language: 1% * Other as first language: 1% Lac Beauport-Canada

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{{authority control Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Capitale-Nationale