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Welcome to Lac Baker Parish ...

Lac Baker Parish is 1,000 feet [305 m] above sea level.<1>.

Time Zone: Lac Baker Parish lies in the Atlantic Time Zone (AST/ADT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: AST- Heure Normale de l'Atlantique (HNA), ADT- Heure Avancée de l'Atlantique (HAA).

Note: If you travel south from Lac Baker Parish (for example, toward Wallagrass (ME)), you will soon leave Atlantic Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Lac Baker Parish: 506 & 428<2>

Communities near Lac Baker Parish ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lac Baker Parish.

  • Edmundston
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Fort Kent
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Fort Kent is located in Aroostook County (ME)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Kent
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,805 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Kent <3>
  • Madawaska
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Madawaska is located in Aroostook County (ME)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madawaska
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,715 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Madawaska <3>
  • Degelis
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Degelis
  • Notre Dame du Lac
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Saint Jacques
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Riviere Bleue
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Frenchville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Clair
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clair
  • Saint David
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Lac Baker Parish. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lac Baker Parish.

We have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lac Baker Parish. See our Newspapers Page for Lac Baker Parish.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lac Baker Parish ...

Looking for more information about Lac Baker Parish? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Lac Baker Parish, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Lac Baker Parish.

Footnotes ...

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lac Baker Parish - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<2>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 506 code has been Overlayed with the 428 area code. New phone numbers in the Lac Baker Parish area will be assigned with one of these codes: 506 or 428. As a result, placing a call in the Lac Baker Parish area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.