The Lac aux Dorés (English: Dorés Lake) is a freshwater body in the city of
Chibougamau, in
Jamésie
Jamésie is a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) of Nord-du-Québec, Canada.
Its geographical code is 991 and together with Kativik TE and Eeyou Istchee TE it forms the administrative région and census division (CD ...
, in the administrative region of
Nord-du-Québec
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, in the
province
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of
Quebec
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, at
Canada
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. The surface of the lake extends into the townships of Roy, McKenzie, and Obalski.
Recreational tourism activities are the main economic activities of the sector; the mining industry, second.
The hydrographic slope of "Lac aux Dorés" is accessible on the west side by the forest road
route 167 (linking
Chibougamau to
Saint-Félicien, Quebec
Saint-Félicien is a city in the Canadian province of Quebec. The town is located within the Le Domaine-du-Roy Regional County Municipality in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region. Its population as of 2021 is 10,089.
Geography
The municipality i ...
), coming from the South, and connecting with
route 113 (connecting
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 ...
via
Chapais. In this area, the railway of
Canadian National
The Canadian National Railway Company (french: Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada) is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States.
CN ...
goes along
route 167.
The surface of "Lac aux Dorés" is usually frozen from early November to mid-May, however, safe ice circulation is generally from mid-November to mid-April.
Geography
Toponymy
During the passage in this sector in 1870, a mining prospecting team, James Richardson then makes a summary description of this lake, without designating it toponymically.
At the beginning of the 20th century, gangs of the Cree community began to settle in the area. In 1901, surveyor Henry O'Sullivan wrote that this picturesque, gently sloping watercourse is surrounded by high mountains to the north and east. A few years later, several deposits of ore, copper, silver and gold were identified. As early as 1914, a publication reporting "Lac Doré" pointed out that its denomination is associated with the main species of
fish
Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of ...
that was fished there.
Especially since the 1930s and 1940s, the town of
Chibougamau has developed a few kilometers to the northwest. Several mining sites have been exploited around the lake. Toponymic variant: Lac Obalski.
The toponym "Lac aux Dorés" was formalized on December 5, 1968, by the
Commission de toponymie du Québec when it was created.
Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of Place Names - Toponym: "Lac aux Dorés"
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Notes and references
See also
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dorés, lake
Eeyou Istchee James Bay
Lakes of Nord-du-Québec
Nottaway River drainage basin