Lake Aux Mouches (french: Lac aux Mouches: Fly Lake) is a lake in the
Côte-Nord
Côte-Nord (, ; ; land area ) is the second-largest administrative region by land area in Quebec, Canada, after Nord-du-Québec. It covers much of the northern shore of the Saint Lawrence River estuary and the Gulf of Saint Lawrence past Tadous ...
region of the province of
Quebec
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, Canada.
Location
Lake Aux Mouches is in the unorganized territory of
Lac-Walker in
Sept-Rivières Regional County Municipality
Sept-Rivières (French for "Seven-Rivers") is a regional county municipality of Quebec, Canada, in the Côte-Nord region. Its county seat is Sept-Îles.
The census groups Sept-Rivières RCM with neighbouring Caniapiscau Regional County Municipal ...
, Quebec.
The lake is elongated, about from north to south and from east to west at its widest point.
The surface elevation is .
As of November 2021 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 ...
had not determined the origin or meaning of the name.
Hydrology
The
Schmon River
The Schmon River (french: Rivière Schmon) is a river in the Côte-Nord region of the province of Quebec, Canada. It flows south into Lake Walker.
Location
The Schmon River has its source in Lac au Vent and Lac aux Mouches.
It flows south for a ...
has its source in Lac au Vent and Lac aux Mouches.
It flows south for almost to
Lake Walker
Lake Walker is a lake in Quebec, Canada. It is located in the Sept-Rivières Regional County Municipality in the region of Côte-Nord, about 30 km northwest of Port-Cartier.
Location
Lake Walker is within the Port-Cartier–Sept-Îles Wil ...
.
Lac au Vent has outlets to Lac a la Pluie and Lac aux Mouches.
From Lac aux Mouches the river flows south through Lac Flambeau and
Lac Schmon, then onwards to the
Gulf of St. Lawrence
The Gulf of St. Lawrence () is the outlet of the North American Great Lakes via the St. Lawrence River into the Atlantic Ocean. The gulf is a semi-enclosed sea, covering an area of about and containing about of water, at an average depth of .
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.
There are rapids in the river immediately below its exit from the lake.
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Lakes of Côte-Nord