Barry Lake is a body of freshwater in the north-eastern part of
Senneterre in the
La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality
La Vallée-de-l'Or ''(The Golden Valley)'' is a regional county municipality in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region in Northwestern Quebec, Canada. The seat is in Val-d'Or. It is named for its gold deposits in the Harricana River and Bell River va ...
(RCM), in the administrative region of
Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Abitibi-Témiscamingue () is an List of regions of Quebec, administrative region located in western Québec, Canada, along the border with Ontario. It became part of the province in 1898. It has a land area of and its population was 146,717 peo ...
, in the
province of
Quebec, in
Canada.
Barry Lake is the head of the
Saint-Cyr River South
The Saint-Cyr River South is a tributary of the Mégiscane River (via the Canusio Lake, flowing into Senneterre, in the administrative region of Abitibi-Témiscamingue, in Quebec, in Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its te ...
(slope of
Mégiscane River) flowing south, and also the head of the
Saint-Cyr River (slope of the
Opawica River
The Opawica River is a tributary of the Waswanipi River, which is a tributary of Matagami Lake which in turn flows into the Nottaway River which flows into the south of James Bay. The Opawica River flows in the municipality of Eeyou Istchee Ba ...
) flowing towards the North.
Barry Lake straddles the townships of Barry and Bailly. Forestry is the main economic activity of the sector. Recreational tourism activities come second.
The lake Barry watershed is accessible via a forest road (North-South direction) on the east side of the Saint-Cyr River Valley; in addition, another forest road (East-West direction) serves the northern part of the
arry Lake Biodiversity Reserveand connects the R1015 road west.
The surface of Barry Lake is usually frozen from early November to mid-May, however, safe ice movement is generally from mid-November to mid-April.
Geography
Toponymy
Formerly, this body of water was designated "Lake Matciskan".
The toponym "Lac Canusio" was formalized on December 5, 1968, by the
Commission de toponymie du Québec
The Commission de toponymie du Québec (English: ''Toponymy Commission of Québec'') is the Government of Québec's public body responsible for cataloging, preserving, making official and publicize Québec's place names and their origins according ...
, when it was created.
Quebec Geographic Names Board - Place Names Bank - Toponym: "Lac Canusio"
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Notes and references
See also
{{Portal, Canada
Lakes of Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Nottaway River drainage basin