Lac-Édouard, Quebec
| Lac-Édouard | |
|---|---|
| Municipality | |
 Location within La Tuque TE. |
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 Lac-Édouard
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| Coordinates: 47°39′N 72°16′W / 47.650°N 72.267°WCoordinates: 47°39′N 72°16′W / 47.650°N 72.267°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Quebec
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| Region | Mauricie |
| RCM | None |
| Agglomeration | La Tuque |
| Constituted | January 1, 2006 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Larry Bernier |
| • Federal riding | Saint-Maurice—Champlain |
| • Prov. riding | Laviolette |
| Area | |
| • Total | 987.10 km2 (381.12 sq mi) |
| • Land | 916.22 km2 (353.75 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 175 |
| • Density | 0.2/km2 (0.5/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |
 12.9% |
| • Dwellings | 495 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Postal code(s) | G0X 3N0 |
| Area code(s) | 819 |
| Highways |
 Route 155
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| Website | www |
Lac-Édouard is a municipality in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada. Its village centre is located along the Canadian National Railway at the north end of the eponymous Lake Édouard.
On March 26, 2003 it became part of the City of La Tuque as part of the early 2000s municipal reorganization in Quebec, but following a 2004 referendum, the Municipalities of La Bostonnais and Lac-Édouard were reconstituted on January 1, 2006. It remains part of the urban agglomeration of La Tuque. It had formerly been part of Le Haut-Saint-Maurice Regional County Municipality, which was abolished in the wake of the merger; after demerger, it is one of the few municipalities (other than in the Nord-du-Québec region) that is not part of any regional county municipality.
Population trend:
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 93 (total dwellings: 495)
Mother tongue:
The name of Lac Edouard (Quebec) which is attested since 1828 by the surveyor Joseph Bouchette, honoring a Native American hunter Batiscan, Edouard Jeannotte. Another surveyor, J. P. Mullarkey wrote in 1893 that hunter Edouard Jeannotte has also given its name to the Jeannotte River, one of the two emissaries of the lake. The lake's name is also attested in Montagnais language using the toponym "Etoolsakigan", which also means Lac Edouard.
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