The Lac Blanc is located in the northern part of the municipality of

Saint-Ubalde Saint-Ubalde is a rural municipality in Portneuf County in the Canadian province of Quebec. Geographically its territory is marked by an agricultural and populated area in the south-west, and an undeveloped hilly area in the north-east where t ...

, in the MRC of

Portneuf Regional County Municipality Portneuf is a regional county municipality (RCM) in the Capitale-Nationale administrative region of Quebec, Canada. RCM of Portneuf has been established on January 1, 1982. It is composed of 21 municipalities: nine cities, seven municipalities, t ...

, in the administrative region of the

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, in the

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, in Canada. The northwest and south of the lake is served by Chemin du Lac-Émeraude. The northern and eastern parts of the lake are served by secondary forest roads.Open Street Map - Accessed February 9, 2019
/ref> Recreational and tourist activities (especially vacationing) constitute the main economic activity in the sector; forestry, second. This lake is linked to

Portneuf Regional Natural Park Portneuf Regional Natural Park is a Quebec regional park (Canada) spanning five municipalities in the northwestern part of the Portneuf Regional County Municipality: Saint-Ubalde, Saint-Alban, Saint-Casimir, Portneuf and Rivière-à-Pierre. ...

via a 5.1 km cycle path connecting Lac Blanc to Sept Îles Lake. The surface of Lac Blanc is usually frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, however the safe circulation on the ice is generally made from mid-December to mid-March.

Geography

Lac Blanc has a length of and an altitude of . He gets his supplies from: * north side: the Rivière des Pins which receives the waters of "Lac des Pins" (altitude of 183 m), located further north. The latter obtains supplies from the outlet of a series of lakes: Gervais, "du Canard", Saint-Laurent, "de la Galette" and "à l'Équerre"; * northeast side: the outlet of Emeraude Lake (altitude: 176 m) (located near the Lac Richard mountain); * southwest side: the outlet of a series of lakes: Rond (174 m), "à Francis" (155 m), Travers (161 m), Perron (189 m), Perreault (185 m)) and the Lac Froid (197 m). Lac Blanc is renowned for its resort and recreational tourism activities, including camping and nautical activities. The "Montagne du Lac Blanc" (English: White Lake Mountain), whose summit reaches , is located on the west side of the lake. The mouth of the lake is located at the bottom of the southwest bay of the lake. Lac Blanc is located southwest of the boundary of the

. Comprising , this park includes the Long lakes,

Montauban Montauban (, ; oc, Montalban ) is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department, region of Occitania, Southern France. It is the capital of the department and lies north of Toulouse. Montauban is the most populated town in Tarn-et-Garonne, an ...

Carillon A carillon ( , ) is a pitched percussion instrument that is played with a keyboard and consists of at least 23 cast-bronze bells. The bells are hung in fixed suspension and tuned in chromatic order so that they can be sounded harmoniou ...

, Sept Îles, Lac en Coeur, "À l'Anguille" and some other more secondary bodies of water. This park is popular for recreational and tourist activities: hiking trails, cross-country skiing, boat launching ramp... A bike path connects the Lac Blanc and Carillon Lake, bypassing the Emerald Lake Mountain. The mouth of Lac Blanc is located at the bottom of a small bay on the southwest shore. From there, the current flows on: * to the south by the Blanche River; * to the south by the

Noire River Noire River or Rivière Noire may refer to: North America * Grande rivière Noire or Big Black River (Saint John River tributary), in Maine, United States, and Quebec, Canada * Noire River (L'Assomption River tributary), Matawinie, Lanaudière, Q ...

; * towards the south by the

Sainte-Anne River The Sainte-Anne River is a tributary of the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River, whose mouth is located at Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade. This river flows in the province of Quebec, Canada, in the administrative regions of: * Capitale-Nationale: ...

which flows on the northwest bank of the

Saint-Laurent 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 ...

.Atlas of Canada - Department of Natural Resources Canada - Lac Blanc - Length of segments established using the application of distance measurement
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Toponymy

The toponym "Lac Blanc" (Saint-Ubalde) was registered on December 5, 1968, in the Place Names Bank of 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 ...

Geography

Toponymy

References

See also