Lac-Poulin
Sign in to saveLac-Poulin () is a village in the Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population was 171 as of 2021. Lac-Poulin is an enclave of Saint-Benoît-Labre.
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Lac-Poulin () is a village in the Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population was 171 as of 2021. Lac-Poulin is an enclave of Saint-Benoît-Labre.
Lac-Poulin is named after the lake it surrounds (Poulin), which was named after the first settler Claude Poulin. The first settlers Claude Poulin (1614-1687), a carpenter, was born in St Maclou, Rouen, Normandie, France and his wife Jeanne Mercier (1621-1687) was born in Luçon, Eure-et-Loir, Centre, France. Poulin is a common last name in the region. The village is mainly a summer vacation site.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lac-Poulin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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