The lac Berthiaume (English: Berthiaume lake) is a freshwater body crossed by the Métascouac River, in the unorganized territory of Lac-Jacques-Cartier, in the

La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality La Côte-de-Beaupré is a regional county municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Château-Richer. Its most populous community is the municipality of Boischatel. Subdivisions There are 11 subdivisions within ...

, in the administrative region of

Capitale-Nationale Capitale-Nationale (; en, National Capital region) is one of the 17 List of Quebec regions, administrative regions of Quebec. It is anchored by the provincial capital, Quebec City, and is largely coextensive with that city's Communauté métropol ...

, in the

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...

from

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

, to Canada. Lac Berthiaume is located in the northwestern part of the

Laurentides Wildlife Reserve Réserve faunique des Laurentides (), also known by its former name of parc des Laurentides, is a wildlife reserve in Quebec, Canada, located between Quebec City and the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region. This reserve is part of the network of ...

. Lac Berthiaume is located between route 169 (connecting Quebec to Alma) and route 155 (connecting

La Tuque La Tuque (; ) is a city located in north-central Quebec, Canada, on the Saint-Maurice River, between Trois-Rivières and Chambord. The population was 11,227 at the Canada 2011 Census, most of which live within the urban area. At over 28,000 ...

and

Chambord Chambord can refer to: * Chambord (liqueur), a brand of raspberry-flavored liqueur * Château de Chambord, a French ''château'' built in the 16th century * Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, the French commune where the ''château'' is located * Chambord, ...

). Some secondary forest roads serve this area for forestry and recreational tourism activities.Open Street Map - Accessed January 2, 2020
/ref> Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second. The surface of Berthiaume Lake is usually frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, however the safe circulation on the ice is generally done from mid-December to mid-March.

Geography

The main watersheds near Berthiaume Lake are: * north side: lac aux Montagnais, lac Sérigny, lac de la Liberté, lac aux Écorces, Rivière aux Écorces, Lac Carbonneau; * east side: Métascouac Lake, lac Tomachiche, lac Samson, lac Citoleux, lac de la Montagne, lac Érin, rivière aux Écorces; * south side: Lac des Néréides, Métascouac River,

Métabetchouane River The Metabetchouan River (French: ''Métabetchouane'') is a tributary of Lac Saint-Jean in the centre of the province of Quebec, Canada. The course of this river successively crosses the regional county municipalitys (MRC) of: * La Jacques-Cartier ...

, Saint-Henri Lake; * west side: Robillard Lake,

, Long Creek,

Lac Saint-Jean Lac Saint-Jean (Canadian French: ) is a large, relatively shallow lake in south-central Quebec, Canada, in the Laurentian Highlands. It is situated north of the Saint Lawrence River, into which it drains via the Saguenay River. It covers an area ...

. Lac Berthiaume has a length of , a width of and an altitude of . This lake is mainly fed by the outlet (coming from the west) from Lac des Pruches and Robillard, the outlet (coming from the north) from Lake Pérusse, the Métascouac river (coming from the northeast), the outlet from Lake Dyotte, outlet of Atlas Lake. A kilometer-long strait (width: between 100 and 200 meters) separates the northern and southern parts of the lake. On the east side of Lac Berthiaume, a strip of (north–south direction) separates it from Métascouac Lake. In the southern part, a bay stretches to the northwest over and another stretches over to the east. The mouth of Berthiaume Lake is located at the bottom of a bay, the extreme southeast of the lake, at: * north-east of a curve on the course of the

; * south of Métascouac Lake; * north of Saint-Henri Lake; * east of Corneillier Lake; * north-west of the confluence of the Métascouac River and Lac Ouelette which is contiguous to Petit lac Métascouac; * south-west of a curve in the course of the rivière aux Écorces; * east of the village center of Van Bruyssel located along the

Canadian National The Canadian National Railway Company (french: Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada) is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States. CN ...

railway; * south-east of Lac Saint-Jean at the mouth of the

.du Canada du Ministère des ressources naturelles du Canada, Characteristics extracted from the geographic map, the database and the instrumentation of the site, access-date=February 7, 2019.
/ref> From the mouth of Berthiaume Lake, the current follows the course of: * Métascouac River on generally towards the southeast; * Petit lac Métascouac on towards the south; *

on generally towards the northeast; *

on north-east until la petite Décharge; *

Saguenay River __NOTOC__ The Saguenay River () is a major river of Quebec, Canada. It drains Lac Saint-Jean in the Laurentian Highlands, leaving at Alma and running east; the city of Saguenay is located on the river. It drains into the Saint Lawrence River. T ...

via the La Petite Décharge on eastwards to

Tadoussac Tadoussac () is a village in Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saguenay and Saint Lawrence rivers. The indigenous Innu call the place ''Totouskak'' (plural for ''totouswk'' or ''totochak'') meaning "bosom", probably in reference to the t ...

where it merges with the

Saint Lawrence estuary The estuary of the Saint Lawrence in Quebec, Canada, is one of the largest esturaries in the world. Situation The estuary of the St. Lawrence River is located downstream of the St. Lawrence River and upstream of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. It ...

Toponymy

The toponym "Lac Berthiaume" 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 ...

.Commission de toponymie du Québec - Lac Berthiaume - access-date= February 7, 2019
/ref>

Notes and references

Appendices

, a

MRC MRC may refer to Government * Medical Research Council (United Kingdom) * Medical Reserve Corps, a US network of volunteer organizations * Municipalité régionale de comté (regional county municipality), Quebec, Canada * Military Revolutionar ...

* Lac-Jacques-Cartier, a TNO *

. * Métascouac Lake * Métascouac River *

St. 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, connecting ...

List of lakes in Canada This is a partial list of lakes of Canada. Canada has an extremely large number of lakes, with the number of lakes larger than three square kilometres being estimated at close to 31,752 by the Atlas of Canada. Of these, 561 lakes have a surface ar ...

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