Chevrillon Lake is a freshwater body crossed by the

Chibougamau River The Chibougamau River flows west in the Chibougamau, then Eeyou Istchee James Bay (municipality) in the administrative region of Nord-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada. From the source, the course of the river successively crosses the townships of: R ...

, in the southern part of Eeyou Istchee James Bay (municipality), in the administrative region of

Nord-du-Québec Nord-du-Québec (; en, Northern Quebec) is the largest, but the least populous, of the seventeen administrative regions of Quebec, Canada. With nearly of land area, and very extensive lakes and rivers, it covers much of the Labrador Peninsu ...

, in the

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, in

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. The lake is part of the townships of Vienna, Barlow, Blaiklock and McKenzie. Forestry is the main economic activity of the sector. Recreational tourism activities come second. The Chevrillon Lake hydrographic slope is accessible via a R1029 forest road serving the Southwest of "Lac du Sauvage" and separating from the road leading to the village of

Oujé-Bougoumou Oujé-Bougoumou (; cr, ᐆᒉᐳᑯᒨ / Ûcêpukumû, the linguistic basis for the name of the nearby town Chibougamau, which in the Cree language refers to the narrows of a body of water, and was where Cree people gathered seasonally) is th ...

. This last road is attached to route 113 linking

Lebel-sur-Quévillon Lebel-sur-Quévillon is a city in the Canadian province of Quebec, located on Route 113 in the Jamésie region. It is located approximately 88 kilometres north of Senneterre and approximately 200 kilometres southwest of Chibougamau. It is surroun ...

to Chibougamau. The surface of Chevrillon Lake is usually frozen from early November to mid-May, however safe ice circulation is generally from mid-November to mid-April.

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Formerly, this name has been designated "Lake Rush" and "Lake Rush". The term "Chevrillon" is a family name of French origin. The toponym "Lac Chevrillon" was officialized on December 5, 1968 by the Commission de toponymie du Québec when it was created.Commission de toponymie du Québec - List of place names - Toponym: "Lac Chevrillon"
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