Lac-au-Brochet () is an unorganized territory in the

Côte-Nord Côte-Nord (Region 09) (, ; ) is an List of regions of Quebec, administrative region of Quebec, on the Quebec-Labrador peninsula, Quebec-Labrador Peninsula, Canada. The region runs along the St. Lawrence River and then the Gulf of St. Lawrence, ...

region of Quebec, Canada. It makes up over 83% of the La Haute-Côte-Nord Regional County Municipality. The community of Labrieville () is located approximately in the centre of the territory along the

Betsiamites River The Betsiamites (also called Bersimis) is a river of Côte-Nord, Quebec, Canada, which joins the Saint Lawrence River. The Pipmuacan Reservoir, impounded by the Bersimis-1 Dam, is roughly halfway down its course.Natural Resources Canada, Atlas o ...

. Named after Napoléon-Alexandre Labrie, bishop of the Diocese of Golfe St-Laurent, it was established in the 1950s as a work camp to accommodate

Hydro-Québec Hydro-Québec () is a Canadian Crown corporations of Canada#Quebec, Crown corporation public utility headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. It manages the electricity generation, generation, electric power transmission, transmission and electricity ...

workers constructing the Bersimis-1 and Bersimis-2 generating stations. The

company town A company town is a place where all or most of the stores and housing in the town are owned by the same company that is also the main employer. Company towns are often planned with a suite of amenities such as stores, houses of worship, schoo ...

was fully serviced with a hospital, hotel, bank, and shopping plaza. Upon completion of the hydro-electric facilities, Hydro-Québec tried to find another buyer for the town. But this proved unsuccessful, and they transferred most houses and businesses to Forestville in 1974. The community now serves as an access point to the Labrieville ZEC but doesn't have any permanent resident. The eponymous Brochet Lake is about north-east of the Pipmuacan Reservoir and just over north of Labrieville. It has a surface area of nearly , and is drained by the Brochet River, a tributary of the Betsiamites. Named after the

northern pike The northern pike (''Esox lucius'') is a species of carnivorous fish of the genus ''Esox'' (pikes). They are commonly found in brackish water, moderately salty and fresh waters of the Northern Hemisphere (''i.e.'' holarctic in distribution). T ...

(French: ''brochet''), the Montagnais called it ''Tshinusheu Shakikan'', also meaning Pike Lake.

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{{authority control Unorganized territories in Côte-Nord La Haute-Côte-Nord Regional County Municipality

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