Lac-Supérieur
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Lac-Supérieur
| official_name =
| settlement_type = Municipality
| image_skyline = Lac-Superieur QC 1.JPG
| image_caption = Lac-Supérieur in winter
| image_flag =
| flag_size = 120x100px
| image_shield =
| shield_size = 100x80px
| nickname =
| motto =
| image_map = Lac-Supérieur Quebec location diagram.png
| map_caption = Location within Les Laurentides RCM
| pushpin_map = Canada Central Quebec
| pushpin_label_position = top
| pushpin_label = {{nowrap|Lac-Supérieur}}
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in central Quebec
| coordinates = {{coord|46|12|N|74|28|W|region:CA-QC|display=inline,title}}
| coor_pinpoint =
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{CAN}}
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = {{QC}}
| subdivision_type2 = Region
| subdivision_name2 = Laurentides
| subdivision_type3 = RCM
| subdivision_name3 = Les Laurentides
| established_title = Settled
| established_date = 1881
| established_title1 = Constituted
| established_date1 = January 1, 1881
| established_title2 =
| established_date2 =
| government_type =
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Steve Perreault
| leader_title1 = Federal riding
| leader_name1 = Laurentides—Labelle
| leader_title2 = Prov. riding
| leader_name2 = Labelle
| area_total_km2 = 385.50
| area_land_km2 = 365.98
| area_water_km2 =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m =
| population_total = 1972
| population_as_of = 2021
| population_density_km2 = 5.4
| population_blank1_title= Pop 2016-2021
| population_blank1 = {{increase}} 4.4%
| population_blank2_title= Dwellings
| population_blank2 = 1718
| timezone = EST
| utc_offset = −5
| timezone_DST = EDT
| utc_offset_DST = −4
| postal_code_type = Postal code(s)
| postal_code = J0T 1J0 & J0T 1P0
| area_code = 819
| blank_name = Highways
| blank_info = No major routes
| website = {{URL|www.muni.lacsuperieur.qc.ca|www.muni.
lacsuperieur.qc.ca}}
| footnotes =
}}
Lac-Supérieur ({{IPA|fr|lak sypeʁjœʁ}}) 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.
History
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.{{cite web |url=http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/topos/carto.asp?Speci=33361&Latitude=46,2&Longitude=-74,46667&Zoom=1700 |title=Lac-Supérieur (Municipalité) |accessdate=2009-05-29 |publisher=Commission de toponymie du Québec |language=French}}
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.
Demographics
Population trend:Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census
- Population in 2021: 1,972 (2016 to 2021 population change: 4.4%)
- Population in 2016: 1,888
- Population in 2011: 1,892
- Population in 2006: 1,745
- Population in 2001: 1,439
- Population in 1996: 1,199
- Population in 1991: 952
- Population in 1986: 852
- Population in 1981: 709
- Population in 1976: 481
- Population in 1971: 394
- Population in 1966: 346
- Population in 1961: 386
- Population in 1956: 1,093
- Population in 1951: 1,175
- Population in 1941: 1,197
- Population in 1931: 1,211
- Population in 1921: 1,482
- Population in 1911: 1,467
- Population in 1901: 1,283
- Population in 1891: 669
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 996 (total dwellings: 1,718)
Mother tongue:
- English as first language: 5.6%
- French as first language: 91.1%
- English and French as first language: 1.0%
- Other as first language: 2.0%
Education
{{expand section|date=September 2017}}
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."[https://saa.schoolqc.ca/?P=aboutus About Us]." Saint Agathe Academy. Retrieved on September 4, 2017. See [http://www.swlauriersb.qc.ca/docs/Transportation%20maps%20zone/172%20-%20WEB%20STE-AGATHE.pdf Elementary zone map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904011627/http://www.swlauriersb.qc.ca/docs/Transportation%20maps%20zone/172%20-%20WEB%20STE-AGATHE.pdf |date=2017-09-04 }} and [http://www.swlauriersb.qc.ca/docs/Transportation%20maps%20zone/189%20-%20WEB%20STE-AGATHE%20HS.pdf Secondary zone map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904011632/http://www.swlauriersb.qc.ca/docs/Transportation%20maps%20zone/189%20-%20WEB%20STE-AGATHE%20HS.pdf |date=2017-09-04 }} - Note that all areas covered in the elementary map are also covered in the secondary one.
References
External links
- {{Commons category-inline}}
{{Geographic location
| Centre = Lac-Supérieur
| North = Baie-des-Chaloupes
| Northeast = Lac-des-Dix-Milles
| East = Saint-Donat
Val-des-Lacs
| Southeast = Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts
| South = Mont-Blanc
| West = Mont-Tremblant
| Northwest = La Macaza
Rivière-Rouge (eastern part)
}}
{{Laurentides RCM|state=expanded}}
{{authority control}}
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