Lac-Pikauba
Lac-Pikauba | |
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 Grands-Jardins National Park | |
 Location within Charlevoix RCM | |
  Lac-Pikauba Location in central Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 47°48′N 71°07′W / 47.800°N 71.117°W[1] | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Capitale-Nationale |
| RCM | Charlevoix |
| Constituted | January 1, 1986 |
| Government | |
| • Federal riding | Montmorency—Charlevoix —Haute-Côte-Nord |
| • Prov. riding | Charlevoix–Côte-de-Beaupré |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,528.68 km2 (976.33 sq mi) |
| • Land | 2,440.54 km2 (942.30 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 0 |
| • Density | 0.0/km2 (0/sq mi) |
| • Pop (2016-21) |  N/A |
| • Dwellings | 1 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Highways |  R-169  R-175  R-381 |
Lac-Pikauba is an unorganized territory in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. It is a large, unpopulated, undeveloped territory that makes up two-thirds of the Charlevoix Regional County Municipality.
The entire area west of Quebec Route 381, which bisects the territory, is part of the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve and the Grands-Jardins National Park. A portion of the Hautes-Gorges-de-la-Rivière-Malbaie National Park is in the north-eastern part of the territory.
The territory's largest lake is the eponymous Pikauba Lake. This toponym comes from the Montagnais word Opikopau. Opi is a root to indicate that something is enclosed or confined. Kopau describes a lake with alders, reeds, or other. So Pikauba may be translated as "lake narrowed by Alders". The map of provincial surveyor Frederic William Blaiklock from 1852 referred to this lake by the name Chicoutimi Lake.[4]
Demographics
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References
[edit]- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 149564". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 16902". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation. Retrieved 2025-02-12.
- ^ a b c "Lac-Pikauba (Code 2416902) Census Profile". 2021 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2025-02-12.
- ^ "Lac Pikauba" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2009-05-11.
- ^ 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
See also
[edit]- Rivière du Gouffre, a river
- Savane Lake (Lac-Pikauba), a lake
- Rivière Savane du Nord, a river
- Sainte-Anne River (Beaupré), a river
- Rivière des Îlets (rivière du Gouffre), a river
- Rivière du Gouffre Sud-Ouest, a river
- Rivière des Monts, a river
- Le Gros Bras (Gouffre River tributary), a river
External links
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Media related to Lac-Pikauba at Wikimedia Commons
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