The lac Bazile is a
body of water on the hydrographic side of the
Petit Saguenay River
The Petit Saguenay River is a watercourse flowing in Quebec, Canada, in:
* the unorganized territory of Sagard, Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality, in administrative region of Capitale-Nationale;
* the municipality of Petit-Saguenay, in t ...
, in the
unorganized territory Unorganized territory may refer to:
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* One of the current or former territories of the United States that has not had a government "organized" with an "organic act" by the U.S. Congress
* Unorganize ...
of
Mont-Élie, in the
Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality of the administrative region
Capitale-Nationale, in
Quebec
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, in Canada.
A forest road runs along the south shore of Lac Bazile. Another forest road runs along the northeast part of the lake. These roads join the Périgny road north.
[Open Street Map - Consulted December 23, 2019]
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Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second.
The surface of Bazile Lake is usually frozen from the end of November to the beginning of April, however the safe circulation on the ice is generally done from mid-December to the end of March.
Geography
The main watersheds near Lake Bazile are:
* north side: Bras à Pierre
The Bras à Pierre is a tributary of the Saint-Jean river, flowing in the municipality of L'Anse-Saint-Jean, in the Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, in the province fro ...
;
* east side: Petit Saguenay River
The Petit Saguenay River is a watercourse flowing in Quebec, Canada, in:
* the unorganized territory of Sagard, Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality, in administrative region of Capitale-Nationale;
* the municipality of Petit-Saguenay, in t ...
;
* south side: Pont stream, Malbaie River
The Malbaie River in the Charlevoix region empties into the Saint Lawrence River at La Malbaie. Until 1985 the river was used to transport logs downstream. It flows through a steep valley known as Les Hautes Gorges. A sugar maple and American el ...
;
* west side: Épinglette brook, Coulée du Bazile, Malbaie River
The Malbaie River in the Charlevoix region empties into the Saint Lawrence River at La Malbaie. Until 1985 the river was used to transport logs downstream. It flows through a steep valley known as Les Hautes Gorges. A sugar maple and American el ...
.[Atlas of Canada posted on Toporama - Consulted on December 23, 2019.]
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Lac Bazile is long and wide. This lake takes the shape of a turtle back.[
The mouth of Lac Bazile is located at:
* west of Lac des Caleçons;
* west of Lac au Bouleau;
* south-west of the village of ]Sagard
Sagard is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Rügen district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
History
Sagard is first mentioned in 1250 as ''Zagard''. The name of the municipality of Sagard comes from the Slavic and means something like '' ...
where the route 170 passes;
* south of the mouth of the Petit Saguenay River
The Petit Saguenay River is a watercourse flowing in Quebec, Canada, in:
* the unorganized territory of Sagard, Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality, in administrative region of Capitale-Nationale;
* the municipality of Petit-Saguenay, in t ...
at L'Anse-Saint-Jean.[
From the mouth of Bazile Lake, the current descends the Bazile stream for to the east crossing Lac des Caleçons (length: ) and Fraser Lake, to the west shore of lac au Sable; the current then crosses this lake over north to its mouth; then the current descends the ]Petit Saguenay River
The Petit Saguenay River is a watercourse flowing in Quebec, Canada, in:
* the unorganized territory of Sagard, Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality, in administrative region of Capitale-Nationale;
* the municipality of Petit-Saguenay, in t ...
on towards the northeast, then north to the south bank of the Saguenay River which the current crosses on eastwards to Tadoussac where this last river flows into the Saint Lawrence River
The St. Lawrence River (french: Fleuve Saint-Laurent, ) is a large river in the middle latitudes of North America. Its headwaters begin flowing from Lake Ontario in a (roughly) northeasterly direction, into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, connectin ...
.
Toponymy
The term "Bazile" is a first name of French origin.
The toponym Lac Bazile 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 ...
.
References
Related articles
* Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality
Le Fjord-du-Saguenay (''The Fjord of the Saguenay iver') is a regional county municipality in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Saint-Honoré, which is also its most populous municipality.
It is named for the f ...
* Mont-Élie, a TNO
* Petit Saguenay River
The Petit Saguenay River is a watercourse flowing in Quebec, Canada, in:
* the unorganized territory of Sagard, Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality, in administrative region of Capitale-Nationale;
* the municipality of Petit-Saguenay, in t ...
* Lac au Sable
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Lakes of Capitale-Nationale