Lac-au-Brochet | |
Pushpin Map: | Côte-Nord Region Quebec |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Côte-Nord region of Quebec |
Coordinates: | 49.6667°N -105°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Established Title1: | Constituted |
Established Date1: | January 1, 1986 |
Area Total Km2: | 10279.41 |
Area Land Km2: | 9360.33 |
Population Total: | 0 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Density Km2: | 0.0 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Pop (2016-21) |
Population Blank1: | 100% |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 7 |
Utc Offset: | −5 |
Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank Info: | No major routes |
Lac-au-Brochet is an unorganized territory in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. It makes up over 83% of the La Haute-Côte-Nord Regional County Municipality.
The community of Labrieville (49.3°N -69.5639°W) is located approximately in the centre of the territory along the Betsiamites River. Named after Napoléon-Alexandre Labrie, bishop of the Diocese of Golfe St-Laurent, it was established in the 1950s as a work camp to accommodate Hydro-Québec workers constructing the Bersimis-1 and Bersimis-2 generating stations. The company town was fully serviced with a hospital, hotel, bank, and shopping plaza. Upon completion of the hydro-electric facilities, Hydro-Québec tried to find another buyer for the town. But this proved unsuccessful, and they transferred most houses and businesses to Forestville in 1974.[1] The community now serves as an access point to the Labrieville ZEC but doesn't have any permanent resident.
The eponymous Brochet Lake is about 20km (10miles) north-east of the Pipmuacan Reservoir and just over 30km (20miles) north of Labrieville. It has a surface area of nearly 45km2, and is drained by the Brochet River, a tributary of the Betsiamites. Named after the northern pike (French: brochet), the Montagnais called it Tshinusheu Shakikan, also meaning Pike Lake.[2]