The lac des Trois Caribous is the main body of water on the slope of the
rivière aux Castors Noirs, located in Haute-Batiscanie in the unorganized territory of
Lac-Croche, in the
La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of
Capitale-Nationale, in
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.
Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreational activities, second.
Geography
Lac des Trois Caribous has a length of , a width of and an altitude of .[
This landlocked lake enclosed between the mountains looks like a boomerang open to the west. Lac des Trois Caribous has four small islands. Tilney Bay, which forms the northwest part of the lake, receives discharge from the Faiseur de Pluie and Adélard-Harvey lakes from the west.][
The mouth of Trois Caribous Lake is located northeast of the summit of Lone Pine Mountain, northeast of the railway Canadian National, southwest of the limit 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 ...
, east of village center of Lac-Édouard and south-east of Saint-Henri Lake.[Atlas of Canada - Department of Natural Resources Canada - Lac des Trois Caribous](_blank)
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From the mouth of this lake, the current crosses part of Lac de Travers to the north, then descends on following the course of the rivière aux Castors Noirs, in particular crossing the lac aux Biscuits
The lac aux Biscuits (Cookies Lake) (formerly named "Lac à la Croix" in French or Cross Lake in English) is located in Haute-Batiscanie in the municipality of Lac-Édouard, Quebec, in La Tuque, in the administrative region of the Mauricie, in t ...
. Finally, the current flows into the upper part of the Batiscan River
The Batiscan River is located in La Mauricie administrative region, in the Quebec province, Canada. This river flows from Lake Édouard in Mauricie south and west to empty into the St. Lawrence River at Batiscan, Quebec, northeast of Trois-Rivi ...
which goes southward to the north-west shore of 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 ...
.
Toponymy
The toponym "Lac des Trois Caribous" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Place Names Bank of 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
* Batiscanie
Batiscanie is the watershed of the Batiscan River, located in the center of the province of Quebec, Canada, covering 4690 km² on the North Shore of the St. Lawrence River. The area covered by Batiscanie is 53% in the administrative région o ...
References
External links
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Lakes of Capitale-Nationale
La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality