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L'Étape (La Loutre)
L'Étape (La Loutre)
	L'Étape in 2018
Location	Jacques-Cartier Lake, Quebec, Canada
Coordinates	47°33′36″N 71°13′39″W / 47.5599°N 71.2274°W
Elevation	800 metres (2,600 ft)
Type	Rest area
Campsites	108
Facilities	Toilets, Restaurant, Cornerstore
Operated by	Sépaq
Established	1869 (relay); 2006 (actual)

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L'Étape (English: The Halt) is a rest area and a campground located on route 175 at km 135, on the shores on Jacques-Cartier Lake, halfway between Québec City and Saguenay.^[1] In the heart of the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve, where about 1.7 million pass through on a yearly basis.^{[citation needed]}

History

A first relay was built on this location in 1869. It was at that time only a wooden shack containing a bread oven. This type of relay was frequent in the region. Between the two world wars, L'Étape became the end of road 54 (now road 175) and a forest protection outpost was installed there. In 1951, the road was completed to Saguenay and the Quebec Government decided to build a hostel, a restaurant and a gas station to provide services to motorists and promote sport fishing the area. The hostel was later demolished in 1973 but the restaurant and gas station remain in operation to this day.^[2] In 1967, the Notre-Dame-de-L'Assomption chapel open its registers only to be abandoned shortly after in 1989.^[3]

L'Étape was completely burned down by a violent fire on 5 September 2003. Following the disaster, it was replaced by small dépanneur and rebuilt anew in 2006. On the night of 12 December 2007, the gas station was entirely destroyed by a fire. The main building housing the restaurant was not affected.^{[citation needed]}

Today

Currently,^[when?] l'Étape provides motorists with such services as a restaurant, a depanneur, a Petro-Canada gas station that offers towing and boarding for workers. During the summer and fall season, the Sépaq's Laurentides Wildlife Reserve La Loutre registration center and campground is opened to visitors.^[4] Tesla plans to build a Supercharger station in 2020.

Climate

Due to the high elevation, L'Étape experiences a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfc) with long, snowy winters and short summers. Since 1993, temperatures have ranged from 31.2 °C (88.2 °F) on 2 July 2002 ^[5] to −44.7 °C (−48.5 °F) on 4 February 1996.^[6] The weather station is located at an elevation of 791 metres (2,595 ft).

Climate data for L'Étape (1993-2020 averages and extremes)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	8.7 (47.7)	7.3 (45.1)	20.1 (68.2)	22.3 (72.1)	28.0 (82.4)	30.9 (87.6)	31.2 (88.2)	27.7 (81.9)	28.8 (83.8)	22.7 (72.9)	16.2 (61.2)	10.6 (51.1)	31.2 (88.2)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	−10.0 (14.0)	−8.2 (17.2)	−2.9 (26.8)	3.8 (38.8)	12.4 (54.3)	18.2 (64.8)	20.4 (68.7)	19.2 (66.6)	14.8 (58.6)	6.7 (44.1)	−0.3 (31.5)	−6.5 (20.3)	5.6 (42.1)
Daily mean °C (°F)	−16.3 (2.7)	−15.0 (5.0)	−9.8 (14.4)	−2.0 (28.4)	5.9 (42.6)	11.6 (52.9)	14.5 (58.1)	13.2 (55.8)	9.3 (48.7)	2.5 (36.5)	−4.4 (24.1)	−11.5 (11.3)	−0.2 (31.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−22.6 (−8.7)	−21.7 (−7.1)	−16.7 (1.9)	−7.9 (17.8)	−0.6 (30.9)	5.0 (41.0)	8.5 (47.3)	7.2 (45.0)	3.8 (38.8)	−1.7 (28.9)	−8.5 (16.7)	−16.5 (2.3)	−6.0 (21.2)
Record low °C (°F)	−44.5 (−48.1)	−44.7 (−48.5)	−39.7 (−39.5)	−28.9 (−20.0)	−15.3 (4.5)	−4.7 (23.5)	0.0 (32.0)	−1.1 (30.0)	−7.0 (19.4)	−19.0 (−2.2)	−25.3 (−13.5)	−39.4 (−38.9)	−44.7 (−48.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	79.2 (3.12)	80.0 (3.15)	102.8 (4.05)	91.5 (3.60)	99.1 (3.90)	112.1 (4.41)	153.1 (6.03)	105.3 (4.15)	120.5 (4.74)	142.1 (5.59)	113.6 (4.47)	118.4 (4.66)	1,317.7 (51.88)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1 mm)	16.3	14.1	17.5	16.1	14.9	13.7	16.9	14.4	14.1	18.9	17.6	19.4	193.9
Source: Environment Canada ^[7]^[8]

References

^ "L'Étape". www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
^ "Portrait". SÉPAQ. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
^ Marcel Walter Landry. "Notre-Dame-de-L'Assomption" (in French). Retrieved 1 November 2015.
^ "Information". SÉPAQ. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
^ "Daily Data for July 2002". Environment Canada. 31 October 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
^ "Daily Data for February 1996". Environment Canada. 31 October 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
^ "Daily Data for L'Étape". Environment Canada. 31 October 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
^ "Canadian Climate Normals Calculation Procedure" (PDF). Environment Canada. Retrieved 22 January 2021.

[topo-1] "L'Étape". www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 1 November 2015.

[sepaq-2] "Portrait". SÉPAQ. Retrieved 1 November 2015.

[3] Marcel Walter Landry. "Notre-Dame-de-L'Assomption" (in French). Retrieved 1 November 2015.

[4] "Information". SÉPAQ. Retrieved 1 November 2015.

[5] "Daily Data for July 2002". Environment Canada. 31 October 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2021.

[6] "Daily Data for February 1996". Environment Canada. 31 October 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2021.

[7] "Daily Data for L'Étape". Environment Canada. 31 October 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2021.

[8] "Canadian Climate Normals Calculation Procedure" (PDF). Environment Canada. Retrieved 22 January 2021.

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+| headingcolor= green
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+| elevation   = {{convert|800|m|ft}}
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+| water       =
+| fee         =
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+| season      =
+| operated_by = [[Sépaq]]
+| established = 1869 (relay)<br />2006 (actual)
+| slogan      =
+| website     =
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 }}
-'''L'Étape''' (English: ''The Halt'') is a [[rest area]] and a [[campground]] located on [[Quebec route 175|route 175]] at km 135, on the shores on [[Jacques-Cartier lake]], halfway between [[Quebec City|Québec City]] and [[Saguenay, Quebec|Saguenay]].<ref name=topo>{{cite web |url=http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/fiche.aspx?no_seq=35737 |title= L'Étape |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= |website= http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca |publisher= [[Commission de toponymie du Québec]] |access-date=1 November 2015 |language=fr}}</ref> In the hearth of the [[Laurentides Wildlife Reserve]], where about 1,7 million pass through on a yearly basis.{{citation needed|date=November 2015}}
+'''L'Étape''' (English: ''The Halt'') is a [[rest area]] and a [[campground]] located on [[Quebec route 175|route 175]] at km 135, on the shores on [[Jacques-Cartier Lake]], halfway between [[Quebec City|Québec City]] and [[Saguenay, Quebec|Saguenay]].<ref name=topo>{{cite web |url=http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/fiche.aspx?no_seq=35737 |title= L'Étape |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= |website= www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca |publisher= [[Commission de toponymie du Québec]] |access-date=1 November 2015 |language=fr}}</ref> In the heart of the [[Laurentides Wildlife Reserve]], where about 1.7 million pass through on a yearly basis.{{citation needed|date=November 2015}}
 == History ==
+[[File:Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-L'Assomption.png|thumb|left|The Notre-Dame-de-L'Assomption chapel, near L'Étape, abandoned in 1989.]]
+A first relay was built on this location in 1869. It was at that time only a wooden shack containing a bread oven. This type of relay was frequent in the region. Between the two world wars, L'Étape became the end of road 54 (now road 175) and a forest protection outpost was installed there. In 1951, the road was completed to Saguenay and the [[Quebec Government]] decided to build a hostel, a restaurant and a gas station to provide services to motorists and promote sport fishing the area. The hostel was later demolished in 1973 but the restaurant and gas station remain in operation to this day.<ref name=sepaq>{{cite web |url=http://www.sepaq.com/rf/lau/portrait.dot?language_id=1 |title= Portrait |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= |website= |publisher= SÉPAQ |access-date=1 November 2015 |quote=}}</ref> In 1967, the Notre-Dame-de-L'Assomption chapel open its registers only to be abandoned shortly after in 1989.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mwlandry.ca/photos/eglises/slides/097.html |title= Notre-Dame-de-L'Assomption |author=Marcel Walter Landry|date= |website= |publisher= |access-date=1 November 2015 |language=fr}}</ref>
-[[File:Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-L'Assomption.png|thumb|gauche|The Notre-Dame-de-L'Assomption chapel, near L'Étape, abandoned in 1989.]]
+L'Étape was completely burned down by a violent fire on 5 September 2003. Following the disaster, it was replaced by small [[dépanneur]] and rebuilt anew in 2006. On the night of 12 December 2007, the gas station was entirely destroyed by a fire. The main building housing the restaurant was not affected.{{citation needed|date=November 2015}}
-A first relay was built on this location in 1869. It was at that time only a wooden shack containing a bread oven. This type of relay was frequent in the region. Between the two world wars, L'Étape became the end of road 54 (now road 175) and a forest protection outpost was installed there. In 1951, the road is completed to Saguenay and the [[Quebec Government]] decides to build a hostel, a restaurant and a gas station to provide services to motorists and promote sport fishing the area. The hostel was later demolished in 1973 but the restaurant and gas station remain in operation to this day.<ref name=sepaq>{{cite web |url=http://www.sepaq.com/rf/lau/portrait.dot?language_id=1 |title= Portrait |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= |website= |publisher= SÉPAQ |access-date=1 November 2015 |quote=}}</ref> In 1967, the Notre-Dame-de-L'Assomption chapel open its registers only to be abandoned shortly after in 1989.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mwlandry.ca/photos/eglises/slides/097.html |title= Notre-Dame-de-L'Assomption |author=Marcel Walter Landry|date= |website= |publisher= |access-date=1 November 2015 |language=fr}}</ref>
-L'Étape was completely burned down by a violent fire on the 5th of September 2003. Following the disaster, it was replaced by small [[dépanneur]] and rebuilt anew in 2006. On the night of the 12th December 2007, the gas station was entirely destroyed by a fire. The main building housing the restaurant was not affected.{{citation needed|date=November 2015}}
 == Today ==
+Currently,{{When|date=January 2019}} l'Étape provides motorists with such services as a restaurant, a [[depanneur]], a [[Petro-Canada]] gas station that offers towing and boarding for workers. During the summer and fall season, the Sépaq's [[Laurentides Wildlife Reserve]] La Loutre registration center and campground is opened to visitors.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sepaq.com/rf/lau/information.dot?language_id=1 |title= Information |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= |website= |publisher= SÉPAQ |access-date=1 November 2015 |quote=}}</ref>  Tesla plans to build a [[Tesla Supercharger|Supercharger]] station in 2020.
+<br />
-Currently, l'Étape provides motorists with such services as a restaurant, a [[depanneur]], a [[Petro-Canada]] gas station that offers towing and boarding for workers. During the summer and fall season, the Sépaq's [[Laurentides Wildlife Reserve]] La Loutre registration center and campground is opened to visitors.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sepaq.com/rf/lau/information.dot?language_id=1 |title= Information |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= |website= |publisher= SÉPAQ |access-date=1 November 2015 |quote=}}</ref>
+== Climate ==
+Due to the high elevation, L'Étape experiences a [[subarctic climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]] ''Dfc'') with long, snowy winters and short summers.  Since 1993, temperatures have ranged from {{convert|31.2|C|}} on 2 July 2002 <ref>{{cite web |title=Daily Data for July 2002 |url=https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?StationID=10871&Month=7&Day=2&timeframe=2&Year=2002 |website=Environment Canada |date = 31 October 2011|access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref> to {{convert|-44.7|C}} on 4 February 1996.<ref>{{cite web |title=Daily Data for February 1996 |url=https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?StationID=10871&Month=2&Day=4&timeframe=2&Year=1996 |website=Environment Canada |date = 31 October 2011|access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref> The weather station is located at an elevation of {{convert|791|m}}.
+{{Weather box
+|location =  L'Étape (1993-2020 averages and extremes)
+|metric first = Y
+|single line = Y
+|Jan high C =  -10.0
+|Feb high C =  -8.2
+|Mar high C =  -2.9
+|Apr high C =  3.8
+|May high C =  12.4
+|Jun high C =  18.2
+|Jul high C =  20.4
+|Aug high C =  19.2
+|Sep high C =  14.8
+|Oct high C =  6.7
+|Nov high C =  -0.3
+|Dec high C =  -6.5
+|year high C =  5.6
+|Jan mean C =  -16.3
+|Feb mean C =  -15.0
+|Mar mean C =  -9.8
+|Apr mean C =  -2.0
+|May mean C =  5.9
+|Jun mean C =  11.6
+|Jul mean C =  14.5
+|Aug mean C =  13.2
+|Sep mean C =  9.3
+|Oct mean C =  2.5
+|Nov mean C =  -4.4
+|Dec mean C =  -11.5
+|year mean C =  -0.2
+|Jan low C =  -22.6
+|Feb low C =  -21.7
+|Mar low C =  -16.7
+|Apr low C =  -7.9
+|May low C =  -0.6
+|Jun low C =  5.0
+|Jul low C =  8.5
+|Aug low C =  7.2
+|Sep low C =  3.8
+|Oct low C =  -1.7
+|Nov low C =  -8.5
+|Dec low C =  -16.5
+|year low C =  -6.0
+|Jan record high C =  8.7
+|Feb record high C =  7.3
+|Mar record high C =  20.1
+|Apr record high C =  22.3
+|May record high C =  28.0
+|Jun record high C =  30.9
+|Jul record high C =  31.2
+|Aug record high C =  27.7
+|Sep record high C =   28.8
+|Oct record high C =  22.7
+|Nov record high C =  16.2
+|Dec record high C =  10.6
+|year record high C =  31.2
+|Jan record low C =  -44.5
+|Feb record low C =  -44.7
+|Mar record low C =  -39.7
+|Apr record low C =  -28.9
+|May record low C =  -15.3
+|Jun record low C =  -4.7
+|Jul record low C =  0.0
+|Aug record low C =  -1.1
+|Sep record low C =  -7.0
+|Oct record low C =  -19.0
+|Nov record low C =  -25.3
+|Dec record low C =  -39.4
+|year record low C =  -44.7
+|precipitation colour = green
+|Jan precipitation mm =  79.2
+|Feb precipitation mm =  80.0
+|Mar precipitation mm =  102.8
+|Apr precipitation mm =  91.5
+|May precipitation mm =  99.1
+|Jun precipitation mm =  112.1
+|Jul precipitation mm =  153.1
+|Aug precipitation mm =  105.3
+|Sep precipitation mm =  120.5
+|Oct precipitation mm =  142.1
+|Nov precipitation mm =  113.6
+|Dec precipitation mm =  118.4
+|year precipitation mm =  1317.7
+|unit precipitation days = 1 mm
+|Jan precipitation days =  16.3
+|Feb precipitation days =  14.1
+|Mar precipitation days =  17.5
+|Apr precipitation days =  16.1
+|May precipitation days =  14.9
+|Jun precipitation days =  13.7
+|Jul precipitation days =  16.9
+|Aug precipitation days =  14.4
+|Sep precipitation days =  14.1
+|Oct precipitation days =  18.9
+|Nov precipitation days =  17.6
+|Dec precipitation days =  19.4
+|year precipitation days = 193.9
+|source 1 = Environment Canada <ref>{{cite web |title=Daily Data for L'Étape |url=https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?StationID=10871&Month=12&Day=18&timeframe=2&Year=2020 |website=Environment Canada |date = 31 October 2011|access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Canadian Climate Normals Calculation Procedure |url=https://climate.weather.gc.ca/doc/Canadian_Climate_Normals_1981_2010_Calculation_Information.pdf |website=Environment Canada |access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref>
+}}
 == References ==
 {{reflist}}
+{{DEFAULTSORT:L'Etape, Quebec}}
-[[Category:Rest areas]]
+[[Category:Rest areas in Canada]]
 [[Category:Campsites in Canada]]
+[[Category:Laurentides Wildlife Reserve]]