The Lac des Pas Perdus is a freshwater body in the watershed of the

Pikauba River The Pikauba River is a tributary of Kenogami Lake, flowing in the province of Quebec in Canada, in the administrative regions of: * Capitale-Nationale: in the unorganized territory of Lac-Pikauba, in the Charlevoix Regional County Municipality; * ...

, of the

Chicoutimi River The Chicoutimi River is a watercourse of eastern Quebec, Canada. A tributary of the Saguenay River, which it meets in the city of Saguenay, it is the main outlet of Kenogami Lake, which rises from a watershed of in the Laurentides Wildlife Reser ...

(via the Kenogami Lake) and the Saguenay River. Lac des Pas Perdus is located in the unorganized territory of Lac-Pikauba, in the

Charlevoix Regional County Municipality Charlevoix is a regional county municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Baie-Saint-Paul. Subdivisions There are 7 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Cities & Towns (1) * Baie-Saint-Paul ;Municipalities (3) * L' ...

, 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

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

, in Canada. "Lac des Pas Perdus" is located in the central part of the

Laurentides Wildlife Reserve Réserve faunique des Laurentides (), also known by its former name of parc des Laurentides, is a wildlife reserve in Quebec, Canada, located between Quebec City and the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region. This reserve is part of the network of ...

. The "Lac des Pas Perdus" watershed is mainly served indirectly by the route 175 which links the town of Quebec (city) to Saguenay (city). The "Lac des Pas Perdus" sector is served by the forest road R0360 and by a few other secondary forest roads for forestry and recreational tourism activities.Open Street Map - Accessed December 28, 2019
/ref> Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second. The surface of Pas Perdus Lake is usually frozen from the beginning of December to the end of Pikauba, however the safe circulation on the ice is generally made from mid-December to mid-Pikauba.

Geography

The mouth of Lac des Pas Perdus is located approximately northeast of the boundary of the administrative regions of

and Capitale-Nationale. The main watersheds neighboring the Pas Perdus lake are: * north side: Lac des Bouleaux,

Lac à Mars The lac à Mars is a fresh body of water in the watershed of the rivière à Mars North-West, the rivière à Mars and the Saguenay River. This body of water is located in the unorganized territory of Lac-Pikauba, in the Charlevoix Regional Co ...

, Grand Lac aux Montagnais, Lac Marchand, Lac de l'Enfer, rivière à Mars Nord-Ouest; * east side: Great Lac des Enfers, Lac Hébert, rivière à Mars Nord-Ouest,

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 ...

; * south side: Philippe Lake, Philippe Creek, Jack Creek, Jacques-Cartier River,

Jacques-Cartier Lake The lac Jacques-Cartier, main source of the Jacques-Cartier River, is a glacial lake located in the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve, about 90 km to the north of the city of Quebec, in the unorganized territory of Lac-Jacques-Cartier, in the La ...

; * west side: Philippe stream,

, General Tremblay lake, Noir stream, Hell stream. Lac des Pas Perdus has a length of , a maximum width of , an altitude is and an area of . This lake has a bay stretching for to the east where the outlet (from the north) of Lac Éperon flows; the narrowing of the lake at the entrance to this bay is formed by a peninsula attached to the north shore and another coming from the south shore. The mouth of this lake is located on the west shore, at: * north-west of Lac Philippe; * south-east of

Pikauba Lake The Pikauba Lake is a body of water in the watershed of the Chicoutimi River (via Kenogami Lake) and the Saguenay River. Lac Pikauba is located in the unorganized territory of Lac-Pikauba, in the Charlevoix Regional County Municipality, in the ...

; * north-east of route 175 connecting the towns of Quebec (city) and Saguenay (city); * south-west of the head lake of the

; * north of the course of the Jacques-Cartier River; * north of the head lake of the

Montmorency River The Montmorency River is a tributary of North-East bank of St. Lawrence river, flowing in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in the province of Quebec, Canada. The course of the river successively crosses the regional county municipa ...

; * south-east of a bay on the south-eastern shore of

Talbot Lake Talbot was an automobile marque introduced in 1902 by English-French company Clément-Talbot. The founders, Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 20th Earl of Shrewsbury and Adolphe Clément-Bayard, reduced their financial interests in their Clément-Talbot ...

which is crossed by the

; * south-east of the junction of roads route 175 and route 169; * south-east of the confluence of the

and the Saguenay River, that is to the downtown of Saguenay (city). From the mouth of "Lac des Pas Perdus", the current descends the course of: * the outlet of Lac des Pas Perdus on generally towards the southwest; * Philippe stream on generally towards the southwest; * the

on generally towards the north; then, Kenogami Lake on to the east, then to the north; * the rivière aux Sables on towards the north; * the Saguenay River on eastward to Tadoussac where it merges with the Saint Lawrence estuary.

Toponymy

This toponym is indicated on the draft of the map of Lac Jacques-Cartier 1959-11-04, item 45, and on the draft of Baie-Saint-Paul, 1961-06-16, item 169. The toponym "Lac des Pas Perdus" 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 ...

References

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