The Emmuraillé Lake is a body of water crossed in its eastern part by the

Petit Saguenay River The Petit Saguenay River is a watercourse flowing in Quebec, Canada, in: * the unorganized territory of Sagard, Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality, in administrative region of Capitale-Nationale; * the municipality of Petit-Saguenay, in t ...

, in the

unorganized territory Unorganized territory may refer to: * An unincorporated area in any number of countries * One of the current or former territories of the United States that has not had a government "organized" with an "organic act" by the U.S. Congress * Unorganize ...

Sagard Sagard is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Rügen district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. History Sagard is first mentioned in 1250 as ''Zagard''. The name of the municipality of Sagard comes from the Slavic and means something like '' ...

, in the Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality of the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

, in Canada. The "Emmuraillé Lake" is indirectly served by the forest road R064 which passes on the west side and bypasses Lac Pilote.Open Street Map - Accessed December 15, 2019
/ref> Forestry is the sector's main economic activity; recreotourism activities, second. The surface of Lac au Sable is usually frozen from the end of November to the beginning of April, however safe circulation on the ice is generally done from mid-December to the end of March.

Geography

The main watersheds near Emmuraillé lake are: * north side:

; * east side: Onésime Lake, McLagan Lake, Étienne Brook, Deschênes Lake, Deschênes River,

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 ...

; * south side: lac au Bouleau, lac au Sable,

; * west side: Pilote Lake, Pilote Creek.Atlas of Canada posted on Toporama - Accessed December 15, 2019.
/ref> The Emmuraillé lake has a length of . The

successively crosses from south to north lac au Sable (length: ; altitude: ), lac au Bouleau (length: ; altitude: ) and the eastern part of Lac Emmuraillé (length: ; altitude: ). The mouth of Emmuraillé Lake is located at: * west of Deschênes Lake; * south of the village center Petit-Saguenay; * south of the confluence of the

and Anse du Petit Saguenay located on the south shore of the Saguenay River. From the mouth of Lac Emmuraillé, the current descends the

for north, northeast, then north to the south bank of the Saguenay River; thence, the current then descends on the Saguenay River east to Tadoussac where the latter river flows into 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 ...

Toponymy

The toponym "Lac Emmuraillé" 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 ...

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Geography

Toponymy

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