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Faillon Lake is a freshwater body of the townships of Faillon (northeastern part) and Boisseau (southwestern part), in the territory of Senneterre, in
Commission de toponymie du Québec - List of Place Names - Toponym: "Lac Faillon"
Faillon Lake is a freshwater body of the townships of Faillon (northeastern part) and Boisseau (southwestern part), in the territory of Senneterre, in La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality
La Vallée-de-l'Or ''(The Golden Valley)'' is a regional county municipality in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region in Northwestern Quebec, Canada. The seat is in Val-d'Or. It is named for its gold deposits in the Harricana River and Bell River va ...
(RCM), in the administrative region of Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Abitibi-Témiscamingue () is an List of regions of Quebec, administrative region located in western Québec, Canada, along the border with Ontario. It became part of the province in 1898. It has a land area of and its population was 146,717 peo ...
, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.
Lake Faillon is crossed to the Southwest by the current of the Mégiscane River.
Forestry is the main economic activity of the sector; recreational tourism activities come second. Its surface is generally frozen from the beginning of December to the end of April.
The hydrographic slope of Lake Faillon is mainly served by a forest road that goes north-east on the north bank of the Mégiscane River. The southwestern part of the lake is served by another branch of the forest road that runs east.
Geography
Toponymy
In the past, this lake was called "Millie Lake". The Geography Commission of Quebec gave it its new name in 1921 in honor of the SulpicianÉtienne-Michel Faillon
Étienne-Michel Faillon (3 January 1800 – 25 October 1870) was a Catholic historian.
Biography
Faillon was born in Tarascon, France. He studied in Avignon
Avignon (, ; ; oc, Avinhon, label=Provençal dialect, Provençal or , ; la, ...
(1799-1870), author, in 1865, of a publication entitled History of French colonization in Canada.
The name "Lac Faillon" was officialized 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 ...
when it was created.Notes and references
See also
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