| Lac-Achouakan | |
|---|---|
| Unorganized territory | |
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  Lac-Achouakan Location in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 48°07′N71°39′W / 48.117°N 71.650°W Coordinates: 48°07′N71°39′W / 48.117°N 71.650°W [1] | |
| Country |  |
| Province |  |
| Region | Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean |
| RCM | Lac-Saint-Jean-Est |
| Constituted | January 1, 1986 |
| Government [2] | |
| • Federal riding | Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean |
| • Prov. riding | Lac-Saint-Jean |
| Area [2] [3] | |
| • Total | 240.90 km2 (93.01 sq mi) |
| • Land | 227.35 km2 (87.78 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) [3] | |
| • Total | 0 |
| • Density | 0.0/km2 (0/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |  |
| • Dwellings | 0 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Highways |  |
Lac-Achouakan 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 zero in the Canada 2006 Census, and covered a land area of 227.35 km2, [4] entirely within the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve. The western boundary of the territory is Bark River (Rivière aux Écorces), while Quebec Route 169 forms the eastern boundary.
The provinces and territories of Canada are sub-national governments within the geographical areas of Canada under the authority of the Canadian Constitution. In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North America—New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the Province of Canada —were united to form a federated colony, becoming a sovereign nation in the next century. Over its history, Canada's international borders have changed several times, and the country has grown from the original four provinces to the current ten provinces and three territories. Together, the provinces and territories make up the world's second-largest country by area.
Quebec is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is bordered to the west by the province of Ontario and the bodies of water James Bay and Hudson Bay; to the north by Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay; to the east by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the province of Newfoundland and Labrador; and to the south by the province of New Brunswick and the U.S. states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York. It also shares maritime borders with Nunavut, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia. Quebec is Canada's largest province by area and its second-largest administrative division; only the territory of Nunavut is larger. It is historically and politically considered to be part of Central Canada.
The term regional county municipality or RCM is used in Quebec to refer to one of 87 county-like political entities. In some older English translations they were called county regional municipality.
The eponymous Lake Achouakan ( 48°06′34″N71°38′55″W / 48.10944°N 71.64861°W ) is near and drains into the Bark River. Its name comes from the Innu-aimun language and means "bridge lake". [5]
