Lac-Etchemin is a municipality in and the seat of the Municipalité régionale de comté des Etchemins in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 4,028 as of 2021. It takes its name from Etchemin Lake, at the centre of the municipality. "Etchemin" means "men, human beings" in Abenaki language. Lac-Etchemin is home to winter resort Mont Orignal and the birthplace of controversial religious Community of the Lady of All Nations. History The area near Etchemin Lake was first described in 1828 as lovely by the surveyor Emmanuel. A few years later, in 1835, the region sees its first settler, Commissary General Sir Randolph Isham Routh KCB (1782–1858), who was given a land grant of for his services to the Crown. The new municipality of Lac-Etchemin was created in 2001 following the amalgamation of the city of Lac-Etchemin and the parish of Sainte-Germaine-du-Lac-Etchemin. People linked to Lac-Etchemin Joseph-Damase Bégin, Quebec politician Denis Bernard, actor and producer Marie-Michèle Gagnon, World Cup alpine ski racer See also Etchemin Lake, a water body Etchemin River, a stream Discharge of Etchemin Lake, a stream Little Etchemin River, a stream Raquette River (Famine River), a stream Flowers River, a stream Daaquam River, a stream Liste of cities in Chaudière-Appalaches List of municipalities in Quebec References Commission de toponymie du Québec Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire External links Lac-Etchemin official website Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Chaudière-Appalaches