Saint-Guillaume-Nord | |
Flag Size: | 120x100px |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Central Quebec |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in central Quebec. |
Coordinates: | 46.6°N -80°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Established Title1: | Constituted |
Established Date1: | unspecified |
Area Total Km2: | 819.00 |
Area Land Km2: | 752.78 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 102 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Density Km2: | 0.1 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2016-2021 |
Population Blank1: | 17.2% |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 153 |
Utc Offset: | −5 |
Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank Info: | No major routes |
Saint-Guillaume-Nord (in French pronounced as /sɛ̃ ɡijom nɔʁ/) is the southernmost unorganized territory in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Matawinie Regional County Municipality.
Its only community is the hamlet of Saint-Guillaume-Nord, located at confluence of the Matawin River and Cypress Creek, a dozen miles west of Saint-Michel-des-Saints and just east of the north-east entrance to the Mont-Tremblant National Park.
The hamlet of Saint-Guillaume-Nord was formed in the early twentieth century, when some thirty lots were granted for agricultural purposes in the geographic Township of Gouin. A mission was established on January 21, 1916, dedicated to St. William (French: saint Guillaume). This name was most likely chosen to honour Joseph-Guillaume-Laurent Forbes (1865-1940), pastor at Kahnawake and Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, bishop of Joliette in 1913, and subsequently Archbishop of Ottawa in 1928. After the closure of the Northwood Lumber Company, the little parish went into decline since the soil was of too poor quality to meet the former expectations.[2]
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 64 (total dwellings: 153)
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