Lac-des-Seize-Îles

Also known as Lac-des-Seize-Iles, Lac-des-Seize-Îles, Quebec, Lac-des-Seize-Îles, QC

Lac-des-Seize-Îles (; French for Sixteen Islands Lake) is a village and municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Les Pays-d'en-Haut Regional County Municipality. The municipality surrounds and is named after Sixteen Island Lake (Lac des Seize Îles) with the village situated at the northern end of this lake.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Lac-des-Seize-Îles
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Lac-des-Seize Iles QC.JPG
Settlement.flag_size: 120x100px
Settlement.shield_size: 100x80px
Settlement.image_map: Lac-des-Seize-Îles Quebec location diagram.png
Settlement.map_caption: Location within Les Pays-d'en-Haut RCM
Settlement.pushpin_map: Canada Central Quebec
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in central Quebec
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Laurentides
Settlement.subdivision_type3: RCM
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Les Pays-d'en-Haut
Settlement.established_title: Settled
Settlement.established_date: 1897
Settlement.established_title1: Constituted

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Wikidata facts

Demonym: Seizilienne
Country: Canada
Population: 187
Area: 13.30
Elevation: 290
Shares border with: Wentworth-Nord
Official website: www.lac-des-seize-iles.com
Image: Lac-des-Seize Iles QC.JPG

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Commons category: Lac-des-Seize-Îles
inception: 1914-02-19
external georeferencing URL: portail.geocentralis.com/public/sig-web/mrc-pays-d-en-haut/77055

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Geography
History
Demographics
Government
Education
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==Geography== Lac-des-Seize-Îles is located about west of Saint-Sauveur-des-Monts in the Laurentian Mountains. The municipality is rectangular in shape, completely encompassing Sixteen Island Lake. This lake is long and has an elevation of . Its descriptive name, which was in use as early as 1899 refers to its islands, however is a misnomer. There are in fact eighteen small islands on the lake, although the two smallest have no official name and have been judged too small for habitation:

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