Country Canada Time zone EST (UTC−5) Access Routes Route 301
Route 303 Area 494.6 km² Local time Monday 7:05 PM Area code 819 | Constituted January 1, 1877 Postal code(s) J0X 2P0 Website www.otterlakequebec.ca Population 1,109 (2011) Province Québec | |
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Weather 2°C, Wind E at 8 km/h, 96% Humidity RCMs Outaouais, Pontiac Regional County Municipality | ||
Otter Lake is a municipality in the Outaouais region, northwest of Gatineau, part of the Pontiac Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
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Map of Otter Lake, QC, Canada
Prior to December 20, 2003 it was known as Leslie-Clapham-et-Huddersfield and had the legal status of a united township municipality.
Geography
Population centres within the municipality include: Klukeville, Lauréat, Omer, Otter Lake, and Sandy Creek.
The village of Otter Lake is surrounded by Hughes Lake to the west, Lac de la Ferme (Farm Lake) to the east, McCuaig Lake to the south, and Lac à la Loutre (Otter Lake) to the north.
History
In 1793, Huddersfield Township was established, named after its namesake in West Yorkshire, England. In 1866, Leslie Township was established, named after James Leslie (1786-1873), a Canadian senator.
Also in 1866, the Otter Lake post office opened and the village that formed around the post office also came to have the same name. Since then, Philemon Wright, pioneer of the logging industry in Ottawa, operated a wood depot at Otter Lake. The industry has played and continues to play a leading role in the early and contemporary history of the village.
In 1877, the United Township Municipality of Leslie-Clapham-et-Huddersfield was formed from its constituent townships. While Clapham Township was not officially established until 1920, it was already planned in the second half of the 19th century and named after a village north of Bedford, England. The united municipality was established because it was more advantageous to hold a municipal status than remain unorganized territory.
In 2004 the United Township Municipality of Leslie-Clapham-et-Huddersfield became the Municipality of Otter Lake.
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