The Breeches Lake (''in French: Lac Breeches'') is located 24 km south of
Thetford Mines
Thetford Mines ( Canada 2021 Census population 26,072) is a city in south-central Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality.
The city is located in the Appalachian Mountains, 141 miles northeast of Montreal an ...
, in the municipality of
Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown. It is located near the head of the
rivière au Pin, in the southern watershed of the
Bécancour River
The Bécancour River is a river flowing in the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, in Quebec, Canada.
Geography
The Bécancour takes its source from the lake of the same name in the town of Thetford Mines, in the Chaudière-Appalach ...
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Commission de toponymie du Québec - Banque de noms de lieux.
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Geography
The lake is surrounded by 450 hectares of protected land of which "The Wolfe County Hunting and Fishing Club", founded in 1898, largely owns. The shores around the lake are almost entirely natural; only 40 chalets were built there. The lake receives the discharge from Sunday Lake to the south and is bordered to the north by route 263.
References
External links
Fish characterization of Lac Breeches
''Other lakes in the Bécancour zone''
Arthabaska Regional County Municipality
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