The lac Huard is a

body of water A body of water or waterbody (often spelled water body) is any significant accumulation of water on the surface of Earth or another planet. The term most often refers to oceans, seas, and lakes, but it includes smaller pools of water such as p ...

crossed by the

Huard River The Huard River is a tributary of the Ha! Ha! River, Flowing in the municipality of Ferland-et-Boilleau, in the Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, in the province of Queb ...

, in the catchment area of the Ha! Ha! River and

Saguenay River __NOTOC__ The Saguenay River () is a major river of Quebec, Canada. It drains Lac Saint-Jean in the Laurentian Highlands, leaving at Alma and running east; the city of Saguenay is located on the river. It drains into the Saint Lawrence River. T ...

. This body of water is located in the

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

of Ferland-et-Boilleau, in the

Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality Le Fjord-du-Saguenay (''The Fjord of the Saguenay iver') is a regional county municipality in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Saint-Honoré, which is also its most populous municipality. It is named for the f ...

, in the administrative region of

Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean (, ) is a region in Quebec, Canada. It contains the Saguenay Fjord, the estuary of the Saguenay River, stretching through much of the region. It is also known as Sagamie in French, from the first part of "Saguenay" and th ...

, in the

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, in

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. A few secondary forest roads allow access to the Lac Huard watershed; these roads connect to route 381 (north-south direction) which runs along the Ha! Ha! River. These roads allow forestry and recreational tourism activities.Open Street Map - Accessed January 12, 2019
/ref> Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second. The surface of Lake Huard is usually frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, however the safe circulation on the ice is generally made from mid-December to mid-March.

Geography

The "Lac Huard" is located in the southeastern part of the municipality of Ferland-et-Boilleau, about north of the boundary of the administrative regions of

and of the

Capitale-Nationale Capitale-Nationale (; en, National Capital region) is one of the 17 List of Quebec regions, administrative regions of Quebec. It is anchored by the provincial capital, Quebec City, and is largely coextensive with that city's Communauté métropol ...

. The main watersheds near Lake Huard are: * north side:

, Ha! Ha! River, Berger lake, Belle Truite lake, lac des Cèdres, rivière des Cèdres, Bras de Ross, Pierre River; * East side: Lac Charny, Lac de la Grosse Cabane, ruisseau John,

Cami River The Cami river is a tributary of the Saint-Jean River, flowing in the municipality of Lalemant, Hébertville-Station and Rivière-Éternité, in the Fjord-du-Saguenay, in the administrative region of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, in the province ...

rivière à la Catin The rivière à la Catin is a tributary of the Cami River, flowing in the municipality of L'Anse-Saint-Jean and Rivière-Éternité, in the Fjord-du-Saguenay, in the administrative region of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, in the province from Que ...

; * south side: Ha! Ha! River,

Lake Ha! Ha! Lake Ha! Ha! is a waterbody tributary of the Ha! Ha! River. It is located in the municipality of Ferland-et-Boilleau, Quebec, in the Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality (MRC), in administrative region of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, i ...

Petit lac Ha! Ha! Petit lac Ha! Ha! is a freshwater lake in the Ferland-et Boilleau municipality, in the administrative region of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. It is located on the east side of Lake Ha! Ha! into which it drains. ...

, rivière à Pierre,

Malbaie River The Malbaie River in the Charlevoix region empties into the Saint Lawrence River at La Malbaie. Until 1985 the river was used to transport logs downstream. It flows through a steep valley known as Les Hautes Gorges. A sugar maple and American el ...

, Cruche River,

Porc-Épic River The Porc-Épic River is a tributary of the Malbaie River, flowing into the unorganized territory of Lac-Pikauba, in Charlevoix Regional County Municipality, in the Capitale-Nationale administrative region, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. M ...

; * west side: Pierre river, Ha! Ha! River,

rivière à Mars The Rivière à Mars is a tributary of the Baie des Ha! Ha! (Saguenay River), Baie des Ha! Ha! Crossing the borough La Baie, in Saguenay, Quebec, Saguenay (city), in the administrative region of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, in Quebec, in Canada. The ...

Bras d'Hamel The Bras d'Hamel is a stream flowing in the municipality of Ferland-et-Boilleau (MRC of Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality) and in the city of Saguenay (city), in the administrative region of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, in the provin ...

. The "Lake Huard" has a length of in the shape of a crescent open to the southwest, a maximum width of , an altitude is and an area of . It includes a marsh area around the outlet of "Lac Charny" and "Lac de la Grosse Cabane". Its mouth is located to the northwest, at: * east of the village center of Boileau in the municipality of Ferland-et-Boilleau; * southwest of Lac Charny; * south-east of the dam at the mouth of

which is crossed by the Ha! Ha! River; * north-east of a mountain peak which reaches ; * south-east of the confluence of the Huard river and the Ha! Ha! River; * south-east of the confluence of the Ha! Ha! River And Baie des Ha! Ha!. From the mouth of Lake Huard, the current: * descends the course of the

on towards the northwest; * descends the course of the Ha! Ha! River on towards the northwest; * crosses the Baie des Ha! Ha! on towards the northeast; * descends the course of the

over east to

Tadoussac Tadoussac () is a village in Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saguenay and Saint Lawrence rivers. The indigenous Innu call the place ''Totouskak'' (plural for ''totouswk'' or ''totochak'') meaning "bosom", probably in reference to the t ...

where the latter river flows into 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 ...

Toponymy

The toponym "Huard Lake" was formalized on January 9, 1986, 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 ...

Notes and references

Appendices

* Ferland-et-Boilleau, a

* Ha! Ha! River * Baie des Ha! Ha! *

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