Lac-Jacques-Cartier, Quebec

Lac-Jacques-Cartier is a large unorganized territory in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada, in the La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality, making up more than 85% of this regional county. It is unpopulated and undeveloped, almost entirely part of the Jacques-Cartier National Park and the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve.

Lac-Jacques-Cartier
Unorganized territory
Lake Jacques Cartier
Lake Jacques Cartier
Location within La Côte-de-Beaupré RCM
Location within La Côte-de-Beaupré RCM
Lac-Jacques-Cartier is located in Central Quebec
Lac-Jacques-Cartier
Lac-Jacques-Cartier
Location in central Quebec
Coordinates: 47°35′N 71°13′W[1]
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionCapitale-Nationale
RCMLa Côte-de-Beaupré
ConstitutedJanuary 1, 1986
Government
[2]
 • Federal ridingMontmorency—Charlevoix
—Haute-Côte-Nord
 • Prov. ridingCharlevoix–Côte-de-Beaupré
Area
[2][3]
 • Total4,286.40 km2 (1,654.99 sq mi)
 • Land4,151.18 km2 (1,602.78 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[3]
 • Total0
 • Density0.0/km2 (0/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Highways R-175

Quebec Route 175 bisects the territory, and passes on the western shore of Lake Jacques-Cartier, after which the territory is named and source of the Jacques-Cartier River.

Demographics

Population trend:[4]

  • Population in 2016: 0
  • Population in 2011: 0
  • Population in 2006: 0
  • Population in 2001: 0
  • Population in 1996: 0
  • Population in 1991: 3

See also

References
  1. "Reference number 149588 in Banque de noms de lieux du Québec". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: Lac-Jacques-Cartier
  3. "Lac-Jacques-Cartier, Quebec (Code 2421904) Census Profile". 2016 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
  4. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census

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