Mont-Apica, Quebec Explained

Mont-Apica
Pushpin Map:Canada Lac-Saint-Jean Quebec
Pushpin Label Position:top
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Quebec
Coordinates:47.9833°N -97°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Established Title1:Constituted
Established Date1:January 1, 1986
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Area Footnotes:[2]
Area Total Km2:12.70
Area Land Km2:12.68
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
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Utc Offset Dst:−4
Utc Offset1:-5
Utc Offset1 Dst:-4
Blank Name:Highways

Mont-Apica 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 0 in the Canada 2011 Census, and covered a land area of 12.68 km2, entirely within the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve.

The territory was home to the former RCAF Station Mont Apica, located along Quebec Route 169 at the base of the namesake Mount Apica. Part of the Pinetree Line and NORAD, the station became operational in 1952 and had a staff of some 500 persons at its peak. Political and technological changes made the station redundant and it closed in 1990.[3]

The Apica River, a small tributary of the Pikauba River, flows through the territory in a narrow and deep valley at the foot of the high Mount Apica. The river and mountain were spelled as Upika or Upica until 1961, an Innu word meaning "narrowing river".[4]

Demographics

Population trend:[5]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire - Répertoire des municipalités: Mont-Apica
  2. Web site: Mont-Apica census profile . Statistics Canada . . 2010-10-28.
  3. Web site: Mont-Apica (Lieu-dit) . Commission de toponymie du Québec . 2010-10-28 . French.
  4. Web site: Rivière Apica . Commission de toponymie du Québec . 2010-10-28 . French.
  5. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census