Lac-Achouakan | |
Mapsize: | 200px |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Lac-Saint-Jean Quebec |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Quebec. |
Coordinates: | 48.1167°N -110°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Established Title1: | Constituted |
Established Date1: | January 1, 1986 |
Government Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Footnotes: | [2] |
Area Total Km2: | 240.90 |
Area Land Km2: | 227.35 |
Population Total: | 0 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | 0.0 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2006-2011 |
Population Blank1: | N/A |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 0 |
Utc Offset: | −5 |
Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
Utc Offset1: | -5 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | -4 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Lac-Achouakan is an unorganized territory in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the regional county municipality of Lac-Saint-Jean-Est. It had a population of zero in the Canada 2006 Census, and covered a land area of 227.35 km2,[3] entirely within the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve. The western boundary of the territory is Bark River (Rivière aux Écorces), while Quebec Route 169 forms the eastern boundary.
The eponymous Lake Achouakan (48.1094°N -71.6486°W) is near and drains into the Bark River. Its name comes from the Innu-aimun language and means "bridge lake".[4]