Lac Sakami
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Lac Sakami is a lake in the northwest of the province of
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. It is located east of
James Bay James Bay (french: Baie James; cr, ᐐᓂᐯᒄ, Wînipekw, dirty water) is a large body of water located on the southern end of Hudson Bay in Canada. Both bodies of water extend from the Arctic Ocean, of which James Bay is the southernmost par ...
, south of the
Robert-Bourassa Reservoir The Robert-Bourassa Reservoir () is a man-made lake in northern Quebec, Canada. It was created in the mid-1970s as part of the James Bay Project and provides the needed water for the Robert-Bourassa and La Grande-2-A generating stations. It has a ...
and north of the Opinaca Reservoir. Lac Sakami is now a reservoir of the
James Bay Project The James Bay Project (french: projet de la Baie-James) refers to the construction of a series of hydroelectric power stations on the La Grande River in northwestern Quebec, Canada by state-owned utility Hydro-Québec, and the diversion of neigh ...
with a depth of , an elevation of and an area of . Prior to being used as a reservoir it had an area of . The Cree called the lake ''Mesackamee''.


See also

*
List of lakes of Quebec This is an incomplete list of lakes of Quebec, a province of Canada. Larger lake statistics This is a list of lakes of Quebec with an area larger than . :fr:Liste des lacs du Canada#Québec List of Lakes 0–9 * Lake 3.1416 A ...


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Fishing on Lac Sakami
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sakami Lakes of Nord-du-Québec