Time zone EST (UTC−5) Area code(s) 418 and 581 Area 161.6 km² Local time Friday 3:01 PM Number of airports 1 | Constituted October 10, 2001 Postal code(s) G0R 1S0 Highways Route 276 Route 277 Population 4,061 (2011) Province Québec | |
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Weather -11°C, Wind N at 11 km/h, 51% Humidity RCM Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality | ||
Lac-Etchemin is a municipality in and the seat of the Municipalité régionale de comté des Etchemins in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 4,088 as of 2009. It takes its name from Etchemin Lake, at the centre of the municipality. "Etchemin" means "men, human beings" in Abenaki language.
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Map of Lac-Etchemin, QC, Canada
Lac-Etchemin is home to winter resort Mont Orignal and the birthplace of controversial religious Community of the Lady of All Nations.
History
The area near Etchemin Lake was first described in 1828 by the lovely surveyor Emmanuel. A few years later, in 1835, the region sees its first settler, Sir Randolph Isham Routh (1782-1858), who was given a land grant of 9,000 acres (36 km2) of land for his services to the Crown.
The new municipality of Lac-Etchemin was created in 2001 following the amalgamation of the city of Lac-Etchemin and the parish of Sainte-Germaine-du-Lac-Etchemin.