The Lac au Sable 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
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of
Mont-Élie, in the
Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality of the administrative region
Capitale-Nationale, in
Quebec
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,
Canada
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.
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 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 neighboring "Lac au Sable" are:
* north side: lac au Bouleau, lac Emmuraillé, Petit Saguenay River;
* east side: McLagan lake, Étienne stream, 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: third Lac des Marais, Petit Saguenay River;
* west side: Sable stream, east lake, Grosse Épinette flow.[Atlas of Canada displayed on Toporama - Accessed December 15, 2019.]
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The "Lac au Sable" has a length of . The Petit Saguenay River successively crosses "Lac au Sable" from south to north (length: ; altitude: ), Lac au Bouleau (Mont-Élie) (length: ; altitude: ) and the eastern part of Emmuraillé Lake (Sagard)
The Emmuraillé Lake is a body of water crossed in its eastern part by the Petit Saguenay River, in the unorganized territory of Sagard, in the Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality of the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in Qu ...
(length:; altitude: ).[
The mouth of "Lac au Sable" is located at:
* south-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 Bay" located on the south shore of the Saguenay River.[
From the mouth of "Lac au Sable", the current descends the Petit Saguenay River for north, northeast, then north to the south bank of the Saguenay River which the current then crosses on eastwards to Tadoussac where this last 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 ...
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Toponymy
The toponym "lac au Sable" 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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See also
* Emmuraillé Lake (Sagard)
The Emmuraillé Lake is a body of water crossed in its eastern part by the Petit Saguenay River, in the unorganized territory of Sagard, in the Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality of the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in Qu ...
References
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Lakes of Capitale-Nationale
Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality