La Pêche Explained

La Pêche
Pushpin Map:Canada Western Quebec
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in western Quebec
Coordinates:45.6833°N -134°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Established Title1:Constituted
Established Date1:January 1, 1975
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Guillaume Lamoureux
Area Total Km2:616.50
Area Land Km2:577.18
Population Total:8636
Population As Of:2021
Population Density Km2:15
Population Blank1 Title:Pop 2016-2021
Population Blank1: 9.8%
Population Blank2 Title:Dwellings
Population Blank2:4962
Utc Offset:−05:00
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:−04:00
Blank Name:Highways
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La Pêche (pronounced as /fr/, pronounced as /fr-CA/; meaning "Fishing") is a municipality along both sides of the Gatineau River in Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais Regional County Municipality in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada, about 30km (20miles) north of downtown Gatineau.

Bordering on the north side of the Gatineau Park, La Pêche provides multiple access points to this park.

La Pêche was declared Quebec's first and Canada's second fair trade town on November 9, 2007.

Communities

It includes the following villages and communities:

History

See also: Municipal history of Quebec. The geographic townships of Aldfield, Masham, and Wakefield were already plotted on the Gale and Duberger Map of 1795, all named after places in Yorkshire, England. Around 1825, logging began in the area, while European settlement began around 1847 with the arrival of large number of people of York County in England.

La Pêche was formed in 1975 through the merger of the township municipalities of Wakefield and Aldfield, the village of Wakefield, and the municipality of Sainte-Cécile-de-Masham. It was named after La Pêche Lake and La Pêche River.

Demographics

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