The lac Clair is part of the hydrographic side of 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 ...

, in the municipalities of Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne (East part du lac) and Saint-Alban (western part of the lake), in the MRC of

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, in the administrative region of

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, in

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, Canada. The area around Lac Clair is served by Chemin du Lac-Clair which goes around the lake.Open Street Map - Accessed February 9, 2019
/ref> Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreotourism activities, second. The surface of Clair Lake is usually frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, however the safe circulation on the ice is generally done from mid-December to mid-March.

Geography

The mouth of Lake Clair is located at: * north-east of the course of the

; * south-west of the village center of Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne; * north of the village center of Saint-Alban; * north-west of the north-west bank of the

St. Lawrence 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 ...

. With a length of and a maximum width of , Clear Lake resembles a rectangle whose middle on each side would have partially collapsed towards the center of the lake. This lake is located entirely in the forest. This lake has five bays, one at each corner of the rectangle, and a fifth on the east side. Comprising , the

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. ...

includes lakes

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, Sept Îles, en Coeur, "À the Eel "and a few other more secondary bodies of water. This park is popular for recreational and tourist activities: hiking trails, boat launching ramp. The mouth of Clair Lake is located southwest of the lake. Its outfall is the outlet of the lake leading on to the northeast bank of the Noire river, which crosses the St. Lawrence plain in a serpentine way to the village from Saint-Casimir. From the mouth of the Clair Lake outlet, the current flows over: * to the south by the Noire River; * 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 Lawrence 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, connectin ...

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

The toponym "Lac Clair" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Place Names Bank of the

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Geography

Toponymy

References

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