Lac-Ashuapmushuan, Quebec

Lac-Ashuapmushuan
Unorganized territory
Location of Lac-Ashuapmushuan
Lac-Ashuapmushuan is located in Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec
Lac-Ashuapmushuan
Lac-Ashuapmushuan
Location in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Quebec.
Coordinates: 49°10′N 73°45′W / 49.17°N 73.75°W / 49.17; -73.75[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionSaguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
RCMLe Domaine-du-Roy
ConstitutedJanuary 1, 1986
Government
[2]
 • Federal ridingRoberval—Lac-Saint-Jean
 • Prov. ridingRoberval
Area
[2][3]
 • Total
15,704.40 km2 (6,063.50 sq mi)
 • Land14,684.28 km2 (5,669.63 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total
140
 • Density0.0/km2 (0/sq mi)
 • Pop (2016–21)
Increase 288.9%
 • Dwellings
571
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)418 and 581

Lac-Ashuapmushuan is an unorganized territory in the Canadian province of Quebec, Canada, located in the regional county municipality of Le Domaine-du-Roy. The region had a population of 140 as of the Canada 2021 Census, and covered a land area of 14,684.28 km2.[4] It is home to the Ashuapmushuan Wildlife Reserve.

The eponymous Ashuapmushuan Lake is roughly in the centre of the territory. This lake, about 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) long by 2.3 kilometres (1.4 mi) wide, is the source of the Ashuapmushuan River. Its name is of Innu origin, meaning "place where one lies in wait for moose".[5]

In 1685, French fur traders set up a trading post near Lake Ashuapmushuan that remained almost continuously in operation until the middle of the 19th century. It successively came under control of the Traite de Tadoussac (French period), King's Posts (English period), the North West Company (1802), and the Hudson's Bay Company (1821).[5]

Quebec Route 167 goes through the territory, but there are no services or fuel available for its entire length.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference toponymie was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: Lac-Ashuapmushuan
  3. ^ a b "Lac-Ashuapmushuan census profile". 2021 Census data. Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
  4. ^ "Lac-Ashuapmushuan community profile". 2006 Census data. Statistics Canada. 13 March 2007. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
  5. ^ a b "Rivière Ashuapmushuan" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2010-12-06.