Lac-Ashuapmushuan is an unorganized territory in the Canadian

Canada

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 province of Quebec

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, located in the regional county municipality

Regional county municipality

The term regional county municipality or RCM is used in Quebec to designate one of 86 county-like political and geographic units. In most cases, they are also census divisions. Regional County Municipalities are a supralocal type of "Regional Municipality" and are still commonly referred to as...

 of Le Domaine-du-Roy

Le Domaine-du-Roy Regional County Municipality, Quebec

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. The region had a population of 35 in the Canada 2006 Census

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, and covered a land area of 14,998.91 km². It is home to the Ashuapmushuan Wildlife Reserve.

The eponymous Lake Ashuapmushuan is roughly in the centre of the territory. This lake, about 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) long by 2.3 kilometres (1.4 mi) wide, is the source of the Ashuapmushuan River

Ashuapmushuan River

The Ashuapmushuan River is a river in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of the Canadian provinces of Quebec. It starts at the outlet of Lake Ashuapmushuan, and flows first in a north-easterly direction for about whereafter it continues south-east to Saint-Félicien...

. Its name is of Innu

Innu

The Innu are the indigenous inhabitants of an area they refer to as Nitassinan , which comprises most of the northeastern portions of the provinces of Quebec and some western portions of Labrador...

 origin, meaning "place where one lies in wait for moose".

In 1685, French fur traders set up a trading post near Lake Ashuapmushuan that remained almost continuously in operation until the middle of the 19th century. It successively came under control of the Traite de Tadoussac (French period), King's Posts (English period), the North West Company

North West Company

The North West Company was a fur trading business headquartered in Montreal from 1779 to 1821. It competed with increasing success against the Hudson's Bay Company in what was to become Western Canada...

 (1802), and the Hudson's Bay Company

Hudson's Bay Company

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 (1821).

Quebec Route 167

Quebec Route 167

Route 167 is an isolated provincial highway in Quebec, Canada. It begins at the shore of Lac Saint-Jean in Saint-Félicien. It proceeds north-west to Chibougamau away. There are no services along this long stretch. At Chibougamau, the highway turns north-east towards Mistissini.Maps are conflicting...

goes through the territory, but there are no services or fuel available for its entire length.

Demographics

Population:

• Population in 2006: 35
• Population in 2001: 0
• Population in 1996: 0
• Population in 1991: 3

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 19 (total dwellings: 74)