# Lac-Metei

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**Lac-Metei** is an [unorganized territory](/source/List_of_unorganized_territories_in_Quebec) in the [Abitibi-Témiscamingue](/source/Abitibi-T%C3%A9miscamingue) region of Quebec, Canada. It is one of five unorganized territories in the [La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality](/source/La_Vall%C3%A9e-de-l'Or_Regional_County_Municipality). Most of it is inside [La Vérendrye Wildlife Reserve](/source/La_V%C3%A9rendrye_Wildlife_Reserve).

It was formed on July 6, 1996, when most of the former unorganized territory of Lac-Bricault (which was 1,038.06 km2 (400.80 sq mi) in area) was added to the [City of Senneterre](/source/Senneterre). It retained only a small wedge-shaped piece of land that was renamed to Lac-Metei, after Lake Metei found within is boundaries.[1] The name Metei comes from the [Innu language](/source/Innu_language), meaning "heart".[2]

## Demographics

The territory has never had any permanent population since its formation in 1996.[3][4]

## References

1. Retrieved 2023-11-15.

1. ["Lac Metei"](https://toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/Fiche.aspx?no_seq=40769) (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2023-11-15.

1. Statistics Canada: [1996](/source/Canada_1996_Census), [2001](/source/Canada_2001_Census), [2006](/source/Canada_2006_Census), [2011](/source/Canada_2011_Census) census

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