Laniel, Quebec

Laniel
Unorganized territory
Boathouse on Lake Kipawa at Laniel
Boathouse on Lake Kipawa at Laniel
Location within Témiscamingue RCM
Location within Témiscamingue RCM
Laniel is located in Western Quebec
Laniel
Laniel
Location in western Quebec
Coordinates: 47°03′N 79°16′W / 47.050°N 79.267°W / 47.050; -79.267[1]
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionAbitibi-Témiscamingue
RCMTémiscamingue
ConstitutedOctober 31, 2005
Government
[2]
 • Federal ridingAbitibi—Témiscamingue
 • Prov. ridingRouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue
Area
[2][3]
 • Total542.07 km2 (209.29 sq mi)
 • Land408.20 km2 (157.61 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total89
 • Density0.2/km2 (0.5/sq mi)
 • Pop (2016–21)
Increase 8.5%
 • Dwellings
185
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)

Laniel is an unorganized territory in the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality, Abitibi-Témiscamingue region, Quebec, Canada. It surrounds the northern portion of Lake Kipawa.

Laniel is also a hamlet located within this territory at the outflow of Lake Kipawa where Route 101 crosses the Kipawa River. It was named in honour of priest Armand Laniel (1866-1928).[1] The hamlet used to have a post office that opened in 1934.[4]

In addition to the namesake hamlet, the territory also includes the hamlet of Baie-Dorval (46°59′03″N 79°14′23″W / 46.98417°N 79.23972°W / 46.98417; -79.23972). This hamlet, located on Dorval Bay of Lake Kipawa, was founded in the early 20th century and originally called Baie-Stenhouse, after a forestry entrepreneur in the region. Both the bay and hamlet were renamed in 1989, to honour the first settler family that settled on the bay in 1922.[5]

Until 2005, Laniel and Lacs-du-Témiscamingue unorganized territories were part of the Rivière-Kipawa unorganized territory.[6]

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  4. ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Laniel (hameau)". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  5. ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Baie-Dorval (hameau)". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  6. ^ "Modifications aux municipalités du Québec – Octobre 2005" (PDF). stat.gouv.qc.ca. Institut de la statistique du Québec. October 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 December 2006. Retrieved 30 June 2022.