Charpeney Lake is the main body of fresh water at the head of the

Saint-Jean North-East River The Saint-Jean North-East River (''French: Rivière Saint-Jean Nord-Est'') is a tributary of the north shore of the Saint-Jean River, flowing in the unorganized territory of Lac-Jérôme, in the Minganie Regional County Municipality, in the admin ...

(slope of the Saint-Jean River), flowing in the unorganized territory of Lac-Jérôme, in the

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, in the administrative region of

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, in the

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, in Canada.

Geography

Lake Charpeney has a length of , a maximum width of in its northern part and an altitude of . This lake between the mountains, in the unorganized territory of Lac-Jérôme, has two parts separated from each other by the Kauapauakaht Pass. This lake is fed in particular by five discharges (coming from the east) of streams, by the discharge (coming from the south) of the Fauteux lake. The mouth of Lake Charpeney is located at: * southeast of the boundary between

Labrador , nickname = "The Big Land" , etymology = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Canada , subdivision_type1 = Province , subdivision_name1 ...

and

; * north of the mouth of the Rivière Saint-Jean Nord-Est; * southwest of a curve in the La Romaine River; * north-west of downtown Havre-Saint-Pierre. Lake Charpeney flows into its northeastern part. From the mouth of Charpeney Lake, the current descends the course of the

over , then the course of the

Saint-Jean River (Minganie) The Saint-Jean River (french: Rivière Saint-Jean) is a major tributary of the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, flowing in the unorganized territory of Lac-Jérôme, Quebec, Lac-Jérôme and in the municipality of Rivière-Saint-Jean, Quebe ...

on , which empties on the north shore of

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Toponymy

The term "Charpeney" and its variant "Charpenay" turn out to be a French family name. There is a Charpeney township on the North Shore, in Quebec. The toponym "Lac Charpeney" 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 ...

, that is to say with the creation of this commission.Commission de toponymie du Québec - Lac Charpeney
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