Lac-Masketsi is an unorganized territory in the

Mauricie Mauricie () is a traditional and current administrative region of Quebec. La Mauricie National Park is contained within the region, making tourism in Mauricie popular. The region has a land area of 35,860.05 km2 (13,845.64 sq mi) and a popu ...

region of

province of Quebec Quebec is Canada's largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, New Brunswick to the southeast and a coastal border ...

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, part of the

Mékinac Regional County Municipality Mékinac () is a regional county municipality (RCM) of 5,607 km2 located in the administrative region of Mauricie, along the Saint-Maurice River, which also crosses the RCM from one end to the other, and the Matawin River, a tributary of ...

. Most of its area is part of the

Zec Tawachiche The zec Tawachiche is a ''zone d'exploitation contrôlée'' (controlled harvesting zone) (zec) covering 318 km2, of which 310 km2 are located in Mékinac Regional County Municipality, in Mauricie, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. ...

. The discharge of Masketsi Lake at the south-east flows in the Little Lake Masketsi, which empties into the Tawachiche West River.

Toponymy

It is named after Masketsi Lake that is located within its boundaries. This name first appeared on a map from 1870 by

Eugène-Étienne Taché Eugène-Étienne Taché, ISO (; October 25, 1836 – March 13, 1912) was a French Canadian surveyor, civil engineer, illustrator and architect. He devised Quebec's provincial coat-of-arms and motto ''Je me souviens''. As the son of cabinet m ...

and is of Amerindian origin meaning "

moccasin A moccasin is a shoe, made of deerskin or other soft leather, consisting of a sole (made with leather that has not been "worked") and sides made of one piece of leather, stitched together at the top, and sometimes with a vamp (additional pane ...

Geography

The

Canadian National Railway The Canadian National Railway Company () is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States. CN is Canada's largest railway, in terms of both revenue a ...

to Abitibi runs from 1909, linking Hervey-Jonction to

La Tuque La Tuque ( , , ) is a city located in north-central Quebec, Canada, on the Saint-Maurice River, between Trois-Rivières and Chambord. The population was 11,129 at the 2021 Canadian census, most of which live within the urban area. At over , i ...

. The railway was built along the eastern shore of this lake, and was servicing the hamlets of Gouin and Lac-Masketsi (). Each hamlet had a railway station that has long served the lumber camps, resorts and tourist activities. In 2004, Lac-Masketsi was reduced in size by some when portions were annexed by mostly Trois-Rives (70 km²) as well as

Lac-aux-Sables Lac-aux-Sables () is a parish municipality in the Mékinac Regional County Municipality (MRC de Mékinac), in administrative district of the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada. Its population centres are Lac-aux-Sables and He ...

(20 km²).

Economy

The economy of this unorganized territory is mainly focused on forestry, resorts and tourist activities. This area is mostly forest and has many mountainous areas.

Demographics

Population trend:Statistics Canada:

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

census * Population in 2011: 0 (2006 to 2011 population change: -100.0%) * Population in 2006: 5 * Population in 2001: 10 * Population in 1996: 4 * Population in 1991: 0 Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 0 (total dwellings: 0)

References

{{authority control Unorganized territories in Mauricie Mékinac Regional County Municipality

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Economy

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