The Grand lac Caotibi is a lake in Quebec, Canada.
Location
The Grand lac Caotibi is on the northern slope of the Gulf of St. Lawrence basin about northwest of
Sept-Îles.
It is in the Duplessis tourist region of
Côte-Nord
Côte-Nord (, ; ; land area ) is the second-largest administrative region by land area in Quebec, Canada, after Nord-du-Québec. It covers much of the northern shore of the Saint Lawrence River estuary and the Gulf of Saint Lawrence past Tadous ...
.
The lake is in the unorganized territory of
Lac-Walker,
Sept-Rivières Regional County Municipality
Sept-Rivières (French for "Seven-Rivers") is a regional county municipality of Quebec, Canada, in the Côte-Nord region. Its county seat is Sept-Îles.
The census groups Sept-Rivières RCM with neighbouring Caniapiscau Regional County Municipal ...
, Quebec.
As of November 2021 the Commission de toponymie of Quebec had not determined the origin or meaning of the name.
Hydrology
The Grand lac Caotibi is elongated, in a north-south direction, with a western portion connected to the main lake by a channel.
Lac Arthur empties into Grand lac Caotibi, which in turn drains north through
Petit lac Caotibi into the
Northeast Toulnustouc River.
Land use
The
Cartier Railway
The Cartier Railway (formerly CFC and QCM) is a privately owned railway that operates of track in the Canadian province of Québec.
It is operated by the Cartier Railway Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Arcelor Mittal, formerly Québe ...
runs along the east of the lake, between it and
Lac Arthur further to the east.
The line runs from
Port-Cartier
Port-Cartier is a city in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. It is located on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River at the mouth of the Aux-Rochers River, exactly southwest of Sept-Îles, Quebec.
Port-Cartier had a population of 6,65 ...
on the
Gulf of St. Lawrence
The Gulf of St. Lawrence () is the outlet of the North American Great Lakes via the St. Lawrence River into the Atlantic Ocean. The gulf is a semi-enclosed sea, covering an area of about and containing about of water, at an average depth of .
...
north past
Petit lac Manicouagan to the
Mont Wright mine, southwest of
Labrador City
Labrador City is a town in western Labrador (part of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador), near the Quebec border. With a population of 7,412 as of 2021, it is the second-largest population centre in Labrador, behind Happy Valley-Go ...
.
On 22 August 1957 the Quebec government reserved an area of land on each side of the railway and on each side of Grand Lac Caotibi and Petit Lac Caotibi, and including the lakes, on which mining claims could no longer be staked.
During public consultations on land use in the area held in 2016-2019, concerns were raised about maintaining the quality and productivity of the aquatic ecosystems of several strategic lakes in the wildlife reserve.
These were Grand lac Coatibi, Lake Arthur and Lac du Nord-Est.
Access to the south of Petit lac Caotibi for conservation purposes was requested.
Harvesting of timber should be restricted to 50% of the basins of the strategic lakes and their main tributaries, and no cuts should be allowed between the lakes and the railway where the railway ran less than from the lakes.
No watercourse crossings should be allowed within the first of the tributaries of Grand lac Caotibi or
Lac Bourgeois.
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Lakes of Côte-Nord