Lac des Arcs, Alberta

Lac des Arcs is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District (M.D.) of Bighorn No. 8. It is located on the south side of the Bow River opposite the Hamlet of Exshaw and has an elevation of 1320m. Highway 1 (the Trans-Canada Highway) borders Lac des Arcs on the south.The hamlet is located in census division No. 15 and in the federal riding of Wild Rose.LakeThe wide span of the Bow River adjacent to the Hamlet of Lac des Arcs is also referred to as a lake under the same name, which attracts wind surfers and fishers. The Lafarge Exshaw Plant, a limestone quarry, is developed on the lake's northern shore.DemographicsAs a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lac des Arcs recorded a population of 130 living in 53 of its 83 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 144. With a land area of 0.52km2, it had a population density of in 2016.