The Lake Brochu is a vast expanse of freshwater in the south-eastern part of the Gouin Reservoir, in the territory of the town of

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 ...

, in the administrative region of Mauricie, in the

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, in

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. This lake extends into the townships of Brochu, Déziel, Nevers, Aubin and Brochu. Following the erection completed in 1948 of the

Gouin Dam Gouin or Goüin may refer to: Places * Barrage Gouin Water Aerodrome, airport in Quebec * Gouin-Gouin, town in Burkina Faso * Gouin (electoral district), provincial electoral district * Gouin Boulevard, longest street on the island of Montreal * ...

, the current form of "Brochu Lake" was shaped by the raising of the Gouin Reservoir. Recreotourism activities are the main economic activity of the sector. Forestry comes second. The route 400, connecting the

to the village of

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, serves the southern portion of Brochu Lake, as well as the river valleys Jean-Pierre and Leblanc; this road also serves the Peninsula which stretches north in the Gouin Reservoir on . Some secondary forest roads are in use nearby for forestry and recreational tourism activities. The surface of Brochu Lake is usually frozen from mid-November to the end of April, however, safe ice circulation is generally from early December to the end of March.

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This hydronym, which was formalized in 1935 by the Quebec Geographical Commission, evokes the work of life of Michel-Delphis Brochu (

Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse, Quebec Saint-Lazare is a small village of 1,200 people founded in 1849 and is the seat of the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality, part of the Chaudière-Appalaches Chaudière-Appalaches () is an administrative region in Quebec, Canada. It comp ...

, 1853 - Quebec, 1933), doctor and professor at the Faculty of Medicine of

Laval University Laval means ''The Valley'' in old French and is the name of: People * House of Laval, a French noble family originating from the town of Laval, Mayenne * Laval (surname) Places Belgium * Laval, a village in the municipality of Sainte-Ode, Lux ...

. Aliéniste, Brochu acts at the beginning of the twentieth century as general director of the asylum of Beauport, establishment named afterwards "Hospital Saint-Michel-Archangel", then designated "Hospital Center Robert-Giffard" (French: Centre hospitalier Robert-Giffard) which is named today Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Québec (French). He is also known to have been the promoter of the First Congress of French-Speaking Doctors in America held in Quebec City, at Château Frontenac, in 1902, as well as the first president of the Association of French-Speaking Doctors of North America. The toponym "Lac Brochu" was formalized on December 18, 1986, by the Commission de toponymie du Québec.Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of place names - Toponym: "Lac Brochu".
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