Wakefield, Quebec

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Wakefield is a village on the western shore of the Gatineau River, at the confluence of the La Pèche River in the Outaouais region of Quebec. The village, named after the town of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England, is now the southern edge of the municipality of La Pèche, and was founded in 1830 by Irish, Scottish, and English immigrants. It is approximately twenty minutes from Ottawa, Ontario driving north on Autoroute 5 and Route 105 at Route 366.