Lalemant () is an unorganized territory in the

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, located in the

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of Le Fjord-du-Saguenay. The region had a population of 0 in the

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, and covered a land area of 190.52 km². The territory corresponds to and is named after the

geographic township The term township, in Canada, is generally the district or area associated with a town. The specific use of the term to describe political subdivisions has varied by country, usually to describe a local rural or semirural government within the co ...

of Lalemant. The township was proclaimed in 1920 and named in honour of Jesuit

Gabriel Lalemant Gabriel Lalemant (; 3 October 1610 – 17 March 1649) was a French Jesuit missionary in New France beginning in 1646. Caught up in warfare between the Huron and nations of the Iroquois Confederacy, he was killed in St. Ignace by Mohawk warri ...

(1610 - 1649).

References

Unorganized territories in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean 1920 establishments in Quebec {{Quebec-geo-stub