Toponymy
Lake Pierre-PaulAt 4 km northeast ofSaint-Tite Saint-Tite () is a Canadian city located at the foothills of the Laurentians, between Grandes-Piles and Saint-Adelphe, in the Mauricie RCM of Mékinac. A large body of water, Lake Pierre-Paul, bathes the northeastern part of the territory.' ..., inMauricie Mauricie () is a traditional and current administrative region of Quebec. La Mauricie National Park is contained within the region, making tourism in Mauricie popular. The region has a land area of 35,860.05 km2 (13,845.64 sq mi) and a popu ...region, is this lake with a peninsula in its centre. It is located at a height of more than 150 m. However, it is in honour of an Amerindian family, named Pierre Paul, who lived on the shores of this lake, that the official name was assigned. The name Pierre-Paul also refers to the Pierre-Paul River which flows into the Batiscan River, at the height of the municipality ofSaint-Adelphe Saint-Adelphe () is a parish municipality located in the Mékinac Regional County Municipality (RCM), located in Mauricie, Quebec province, Canada. Usage includes Saint-Adelphe in the Batiscanie, common name to refer to the region. In 1885, t ..., and it was used to designate this small settlement in the early 1870s, before it was erected into a parish. Today, Lac Pierre-Paul is a vacation spot almost entirely lined with cottages. As for the land cleared in the nineteenth century in the northern part of the lake, it has been abandoned and reforested. Source : Pierre-Paul Lake, Toponymy Commission Quebec
Geography
Lake Pierre-Paul is fed by four tributaries from the land to the north, west and south. The outlet is located to the east and drains into the marsh of the water body. The watershed has an approximate area of 3.8 km2. It extends further west and south. The trophic status of the lake is at an advanced intermediate stage ofeutrophication Eutrophication is a general term describing a process in which nutrients accumulate in a body of water, resulting in an increased growth of organisms that may deplete the oxygen in the water; ie. the process of too many plants growing on the s ..., with high nutrient and sediment inputs. The surface area of the body of water is 0.6km². There are approximately 147 permanent or temporary residences along the waterfront. The lake has been affected bycyanobacteria Cyanobacteria ( ) are a group of autotrophic gram-negative bacteria that can obtain biological energy via oxygenic photosynthesis. The name "cyanobacteria" () refers to their bluish green (cyan) color, which forms the basis of cyanobacteri ...in recent years. Source: Voluntary Lake Monitoring Network, 2010, Environmental Policy, City of Saint-Tite 2012.
Ecology
The Challenges Lake Pierre-Paul is considered a eutrophic lake, the lake is affected by cyanobacteria, for this reason the water quality is questionable downstream of the Rivière des Envies where the downgrading factor is phosphorus. On wetlands in the Pierre-Paul River watershed, drainage is the main pressure. It may be of agricultural origin due to the dominance of this condition in the Geographical Units of Analysis (UGA). Plants in riparian buffers act as filters against water pollution. The agricultural and forest lands of Mékinac encourage the emergence of non-traditional crops and small farms that can be developed by agritourism activities. A colder climate has potential for the cultivation of flowering plants (e.g. rapeseed)Photos
See also
* Batiscanie * Pierre-Paul River * Batiscan River * Rivière des Envies * Mekinac Regional County Municipality (RCM) * Saint-Tite (Quebec) * Sainte-Thècle (Quebec) * Saint-Adelphe (Quebec)References