Laniel () is an
unorganized territory in the
Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality
Témiscamingue () is a regional county municipality in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of western Quebec, Canada. The county seat is Ville-Marie.
Though Témiscamingue borders Pontiac Regional County Municipality to the south, it is not prac ...
,
Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Abitibi-Témiscamingue () is an administrative region located in western Québec, Canada, along the border with Ontario. It became part of the province in 1898. It has a land area of and its population was 147,082 people as of the 2021 cens ...
region, Quebec, Canada. It surrounds the northern portion of
Lake Kipawa
Lake Kipawa (in French: ''Lac Kipawa'') is a lake in far south-west Quebec, Canada, near the border with Ontario, north of Témiscaming, Quebec. Also see Kipawa River which is the only natural outflow of Kipawa Lake, Gordon Creek in Témiscaming o ...
.
Laniel is also a hamlet located within this territory at the outflow of Lake Kipawa where
Route 101 crosses the
Kipawa River
The Kipawa River (in French: ''Rivière Kipawa'') is a short river in western Quebec, Canada. It is mostly an undeveloped river but the larger lakes have dams, fishing camps, and cottages on their shores. The communities of Kipawa and Laniel are ...
. It was named in honour of priest Armand Laniel (1866-1928).
The hamlet used to have a post office that opened in 1934.
In addition to the namesake hamlet, the territory also includes the hamlet of Baie-Dorval (
). This hamlet, located on Dorval Bay of Lake Kipawa, was founded in the early 20th century and originally called Baie-Stenhouse, after a forestry entrepreneur in the region. Both the bay and hamlet were renamed in 1989, to honour the first settler family that settled on the bay in 1922.
Until 2005, Laniel and
Lacs-du-Témiscamingue unorganized territories were part of the
Rivière-Kipawa unorganized territory.
Demographics
See also
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List of unorganized territories in Quebec
The following is a list of unincorporated areas (''territoires non organisés'') in Quebec.
There are no unorganized territories in the following administrative regions: Centre-du-Québec, Chaudière-Appalaches, Estrie, Laval, Montérégie, Mont ...
References
External links
Unorganized territories in Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality
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