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Lac-Simon

/lak.si.mɔ̃/

proper noun/lak.si.mɔ̃/

a municipality of Papineau Regional County Municipality, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada; a Native American reserve in La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada

Related: Simonet, Simonette

Derived from lac (“lake”) and the name Simon. The municipality is named after a lake, which is named in turn after an inhabitant of the area of Iroquois descent, Marie-Louise Cimon. The reserve is named after a nearby like, named in turn after either Simon Papaté (son of a high chief of the Odawa people) or after the first chief of the reserve.