Lac-Ernest, Quebec

Lac-Ernest
Unorganized territory

Ernest Lake at dawn

Location within Antoine-Labelle RCM.
Lac-Ernest

Location in central Quebec.

Coordinates: 46°11′N 75°12′W / 46.183°N 75.200°W / 46.183; -75.200Coordinates: 46°11′N 75°12′W / 46.183°N 75.200°W / 46.183; -75.200[1]
Country  Canada
Province  Quebec
Region Laurentides
RCM Antoine-Labelle
Constituted January 1, 1986
Government[2]
 • Federal riding Laurentides—Labelle
 • Prov. riding Labelle
Area[2][3]
 • Total 381.50 km2 (147.30 sq mi)
 • Land 343.36 km2 (132.57 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
 • Total 0
 • Density 0.0/km2 (0/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Steady 0.0%
 • Dwellings 0
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
Highways No major routes

Lac-Ernest is an unorganized territory in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada. It is almost entirely within the Papineau-Labelle Wildlife Reserve.

History

In the early 1920s, the Singer Company, manufacturer best known for its sewing machines, began logging the area. This company built a railway from Thurso to southern Lake Montjoie in Lac-Ernest territory. Here a vast logging camp, known as "Camp 27", was established where logs were accumulated as far as the eye could see. In 1964, the MacLaren Company succeeded Singer and used the railroad until 1980 when it was dismantled and now functions as a rail trail.[4]

Demographics

Population trend:[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Reference number 149663 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
  2. 1 2 Geographic code 79924 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
  3. 1 2 Statistics Canada 2011 Census - Lac-Ernest profile
  4. ↑ "Découvrir Duhamel - Histoire" (in French). Municipalité de Duhamel. Retrieved 2009-08-17.
  5. ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census


Adjacent Municipal Subdivisions
Kiamika Nomininque
La Minerve
   Lac-Ernest  
Notre-Dame-du-Laus Duhamel


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