The Lac au Bouleau is a
body of water crossed from south to north 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:
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* 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 ...
of
Mont-Élie, in the
Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality of the administrative region
Capitale-Nationale, in
Quebec
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, in Canada.
The south-eastern part of
lac au Sable is served by the forest road R064. This road approaches to south of Lac au Bouleau.
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Forestry is the sector's main economic activity; recreotourism activities, second.
The surface of Lac au Bouleau 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 neighboring "Lac au Bouleau" are:
* north side: Emmuraillé Lake, Pilote Lake, Petit Saguenay River;
* east side: McLagan Lake, Étienne Brook, Deschênes Lake, Deschênes River;
* south side: Lac au Sable, ruisseau au Sable, Petit Saguenay River;
* west side: lac Bazile, coulée du Bazile.[Atlas of Canada posted on Toporama - Accessed December 15, 2019.]
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Lac au Bouleau has a length of in the form of winter boots for women; the tip of the toes being the arrival of the current, while the current leaves from the north.[
The Petit Saguenay river successively crosses Sable Lake from south to north (length: ; altitude: ), Lac au Bouleau (length: ; altitude: ) and the eastern part of Lac Emmuraillé (length: ; altitude: ).][
The mouth of Lac au Bouleau is located at:
* west of ]lac Deschênes
Lac Deschênes is a long lake on the Ottawa River that runs from the Chats Falls Dam near Fitzroy Harbour in the west to the Deschênes Rapids at Britannia in the east. It is a little over wide at its widest point and little more than a few hu ...
;
* south of the village center Petit-Saguenay;
* south of the confluence of the Petit Saguenay river and Anse du Petit Saguenay located on the south shore of the Saguenay River.[
From the mouth of "Lac au Bouleau", the current descends the Petit Saguenay River for to the northeast, then north to the south shore of the Saguenay river that the current crosses on eastwards to Tadoussac where this last 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 ...
.[
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Toponymy
Birch is a type of tree common in cold and temperate regions. This tree has white bark and small leaves. Its wood is often used in carpentry and cabinetmaking. It is also used in the manufacture of paper.
The toponym lac au Bouleau 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 ...
.
See also
*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 ...
References
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Lakes of Capitale-Nationale
Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality