Lac-Achouakan
Unorganized territory
Lac-Achouakan Location in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Quebec.
Coordinates: 48°07′N 71°39′W / 48.117°N 71.650°W / 48.117; -71.650 [1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
RCM	Lac-Saint-Jean-Est
Constituted	January 1, 1986
Government [2]
•  Federal riding	Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean
•  Prov. riding	Lac-Saint-Jean
Area [2] [3]
• Total	240.90 km2 (93.01 sq mi)
• Land	227.35 km2 (87.78 sq mi)
Population  (2011) [3]
• Total	0
• Density	0.0/km2 (0/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	N/A
• Dwellings	0
Time zone	UTC-5 ( EST)
• Summer ( DST)	UTC-4 ( EDT)
Highways	R-169

Lac-Achouakan is an unorganized territory in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the regional county municipality of Lac-Saint-Jean-Est. It had a population of zero in the Canada 2006 Census, and covered a land area of 227.35 km², ^[4] entirely within the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve. The western boundary of the territory is Bark River (Rivière aux Écorces), while Quebec Route 169 forms the eastern boundary.

The eponymous Lake Achouakan ( 48°06′34″N 71°38′55″W / 48.10944°N 71.64861°W / 48.10944; -71.64861) is near and drains into the Bark River. Its name comes from the Innu-aimun language and means "bridge lake". ^[5]

See also

• List of unorganized territories in Quebec

References