Lac-Supérieur | |
Flag Size: | 120x100px |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Central Quebec |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in central Quebec |
Coordinates: | 46.2°N -102°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Established Title: | Settled |
Established Date: | 1881 |
Established Title1: | Constituted |
Established Date1: | January 1, 1881 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Steve Perreault |
Area Total Km2: | 385.50 |
Area Land Km2: | 365.98 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 1972 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Density Km2: | 5.4 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2016-2021 |
Population Blank1: | 4.4% |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 1718 |
Utc Offset: | −5 |
Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank Info: | No major routes |
Lac-Supérieur (pronounced as /fr/) is a municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Les Laurentides Regional County Municipality. It is named after Lake Superior (Lac Supérieur) which is located in the Laurentian Mountains, due east of Mont Tremblant Resort. The community of Lac-Supérieur is just south of the lake, which itself is ringed with cottages. The entire northern portion of the municipality is mostly undeveloped and part of the Mont-Tremblant National Park.
The municipality was formed in 1881 and initially named Wolfe, in tribute to British General James Wolfe. Its first settlers were Canadians repatriated from California and the western United States.[2]
In 1944, the municipality was renamed to Saint-Faustin, the name of the parish founded in 1878 in what is now part of Mont-Blanc. In 1957, it was renamed again to its present name, a designation previously assigned to the post office which opened in 1913.[2]
Population trend:[3]
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 996 (total dwellings: 1,718)
Mother tongue:
Sainte Agathe Academy (of the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board) in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts serves English-speaking students in this community for both elementary and secondary levels.[4]