Laniel, Quebec Explained

Laniel
Flag Size:120x100px
Pushpin Map:Canada Western Quebec
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in western Quebec
Coordinates:47.05°N -95°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Established Title1:Constituted
Established Date1:October 31, 2005
Area Total Km2:542.07
Area Land Km2:408.20
Population Total:89
Population As Of:2021
Population Density Km2:0.2
Population Blank1 Title:Pop (2016–21)
Population Blank1: 8.5%
Population Blank2 Title:Dwellings
Population Blank2:185
Utc Offset:−5
Utc Offset Dst:−4

Laniel is an unorganized territory in the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality, Abitibi-Témiscamingue region, Quebec, Canada. It surrounds the northern portion of Lake Kipawa.

Laniel is also a hamlet located within this territory at the outflow of Lake Kipawa where Route 101 crosses the Kipawa River. It was named in honour of priest Armand Laniel (1866-1928). The hamlet used to have a post office that opened in 1934.

In addition to the namesake hamlet, the territory also includes the hamlet of Baie-Dorval (). This hamlet, located on Dorval Bay of Lake Kipawa, was founded in the early 20th century and originally called Baie-Stenhouse, after a forestry entrepreneur in the region. Both the bay and hamlet were renamed in 1989, to honour the first settler family that settled on the bay in 1922.

Until 2005, Laniel and Lacs-du-Témiscamingue unorganized territories were part of the Rivière-Kipawa unorganized territory.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Modifications aux municipalités du Québec – Octobre 2005 . stat.gouv.qc.ca . Institut de la statistique du Québec . October 2005 . 30 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20061230023343/http://stat.gouv.qc.ca/publications/referenc/pdf2005/Modif_oct05.pdf . 30 December 2006 . dead.