Lac Sainte-Anne du Nord (''English: Sainte Anne lake of the North'') is a body of fresh water located in
Grands-Jardins National Park
Grands-Jardins National Park is a provincial park, located in the Unorganized Territory of Lac-Pikauba, Quebec, Lac-Pikauba, in the Charlevoix Regional County Municipality, an administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in Quebec, Canada.
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, northeast of the city of
Quebec
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, in the unorganized territory of
Lac-Pikauba, in the
Charlevoix, in the administrative region of
Capitale-Nationale, in the
province
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of
Quebec
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, in Canada. The current of the
Sainte-Anne River
The Sainte-Anne River is a tributary of the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River, whose mouth is located at Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade. This river flows in the province of Quebec, Canada, in the administrative regions of:
* Capitale-Nationale: ...
crosses this lake to the southwest over its full length.
The hydrographic side of Lac Sainte-Anne du Nord is served by a secondary forest road linked to the north at
route 381, for forestry purposes.
[Nord Open Street Map - Accessed April 5, 2020]
/ref> Forestry is the main economic activity in this valley; recreational tourism, second.
Because of the altitude, the surface of Lac Sainte-Anne du Nord is generally frozen from the end of November to the beginning of April; however, safe circulation on the ice is generally done from the beginning of December until the beginning of April.
Geography
Lac Sainte-Anne du Nord is encased between mountains whose proximity peaks reach to the northwest, to the southeast and to the northeast. Its mouth is located at:
* east of Lac Carré, the outlet of which meets north the south bank of the Petite rivière Malbaie;
* south-est of a curve of Malbaie River
The Malbaie River in the Charlevoix region empties into the Saint Lawrence River at La Malbaie. Until 1985 the river was used to transport logs downstream. It flows through a steep valley known as Les Hautes Gorges. A sugar maple and American el ...
;
* north of the confluence of the Sainte-Anne River
The Sainte-Anne River is a tributary of the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River, whose mouth is located at Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade. This river flows in the province of Quebec, Canada, in the administrative regions of:
* Capitale-Nationale: ...
and 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 ...
;
* northwest of downtown Baie-Saint-Paul.[Atlas of Canada - Department of Natural Resources Canada - Lac Sainte-Anne du Nord - Distance and altitude measurements based on the application of site measurements.]
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Lac Sainte-Anne du Nord has a length of in the shape of a rectangle with rounded corners, a maximum width of and an altitude of . This lake is mainly fed by the outlet (coming from the north) of the Sainte-Anne river and by the outlet (coming from the east) of Lac Grâce.
From the dam at the mouth of Lake Sainte-Anne du Nord, the current descends on first to the southwest, south, then southwest, in following the course of the Sainte-Anne river, which crosses downtown Beaupré, to the northwest shore of the Saint-Laurent river.[
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Toponymy
This toponymic designation appears on regional map number 3-East, section 23 NW, from 1943 and on the draft of the map of Saint-Urbain, 1958-12-17, item 73. The origin of the name of Lac Sainte-Anne du Nord comes from that of the river which was originally called Rivière Sainte-Anne du Nord. This toponymic designation was approved on April 3, 1959, by the Commission de géographie du Québec. In 1982, the name was changed to Rivière Sainte-Anne to reflect popular usage which omitted the cardinal point. Grand lac Sainte-Anne, Grand lac Sainte-Anne du Nord, Lac Sainte-Anne and Rivière Sainte-Anne du Nord are the variants of this official name.[
The toponym "Lac Sainte-Anne du Nord" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.][Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of Place Names - Toponym: Lac Sainte-Anne du Nord]
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See also
* 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 ...
References
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Lakes of Capitale-Nationale
Charlevoix Regional County Municipality