Meech Lake

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Meech Lake is located within Gatineau Park and the township of Chelsea, Quebec, Canada (about 20 Km NW of Gatineau). The lake was named after Reverend Asa Meech, an early settler in this area.

Near the lake, on Meech Creek, are the ruins of a fertilizer plant built by Thomas "Carbide" Willson during the 1900s. In 1981, Willson's former summer home (the Willson House) on Meech Lake was converted into a government conference centre. The house is notable for its use, in 1987, as the site of meetings on the Meech Lake Accord (which proposed the overhauling of Canada's constitution) between the provincial premiers and then-Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.

Numerous residents have homes along the lake, including the Prime Minister of Canada for whom a cottage is maintained. The National Capital Commission (NCC), steward of Gatineau Park, operates beaches on the lake during the summer. Although it is not condoned by the NCC, there is a secluded beach often used by naturists.