Lake Stukely is a natural

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located in the Eastern region of

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, Canada. Its waters border the municipalities of Orford,

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, Eastman and a large part of Mount Orford National Park. It lies at the head of the Saumon River watershed, giving it a fairly long retention time for its size. The lake was left in a natural state throughout the 19th century, due to the lack of fertile land around it. This changed in the mid-20th century, with the creation of Mount Orford Park and the growth of the resort industry. The shores of the lake underwent several phases of second-home construction, and two campgrounds and a summer camp were created. The lake's natural beauty has been used as a backdrop for several television series.

Toponymy

Lake Stukely is part of the township of Stukely, whose name has been attested since at least 1795, as it appears on the Gale and Duberger map of that period. This toponym is said to have originated from a homonymous village in the

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region of England, whose name is a distortion of the Old English ''styfic- eah' meaning "snag ". The lake was also known as "Bonnallie Lake" and "Bonnalay Lake", after a family who lived in the vicinity of the park. A 1905 postcard uses "Bonneta Lake ". In 1955, the Archdiocese of Sherbrooke applied to the Quebec Toponymy Commission to change the name to "lake Jouvence", after its summer camp. The Commission refused the request. In 1983, the association of lake residents asked the Toponymy Commission to choose between the names "Stukely" and "Bonnalay", which were also used locally. In 1985, the commission decided in favor of "Stukely", deemed older and more predominant; the association finally opted for "lac Stukely" in 1998.

Geography

The lake is located at 45° 22' 31" north latitude and 72° 15' 07" west longitude. It lies 7 km northeast of the urbanized area of Eastman. It straddles the territories of the municipalities of Orford,

and Eastman. It is located in the Sutton Mountains natural region, in the Appalachian mountain range.

Geology

Most of the lake's subsoil is composed of

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s derived from an

obduction Obduction is a geological process whereby denser oceanic crust (and even upper mantle) is scraped off a descending ocean plate at a convergent plate boundary and thrust on top of an adjacent plate. When oceanic and continental plates converge, ...

(overthrusting of an

oceanic plate Oceanic crust is the uppermost layer of the oceanic portion of the tectonic plates. It is composed of the upper oceanic crust, with pillow lavas and a dike complex, and the lower oceanic crust, composed of troctolite, gabbro and ultramafic cumu ...

onto a continental plate) of the

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, which occurs discontinuously in the

Appalachians The Appalachian Mountains, often called the Appalachians, (french: Appalaches), are a system of mountains in eastern to northeastern North America. The Appalachians first formed roughly 480 million years ago during the Ordovician Period. They ...

from the US border to Baie Verte on the island of New Foundland. It is composed of volcanic rocks,

pyroxenite Pyroxenite is an ultramafic igneous rock consisting essentially of minerals of the pyroxene group, such as augite, diopside, hypersthene, bronzite or enstatite. Pyroxenites are classified into clinopyroxenites, orthopyroxenites, and the websteri ...

and

gabbro Gabbro () is a phaneritic (coarse-grained), mafic intrusive igneous rock formed from the slow cooling of magnesium-rich and iron-rich magma into a holocrystalline mass deep beneath the Earth's surface. Slow-cooling, coarse-grained gabbro is che ...

.Government of Québec, Ministry of Energy and Resources, Geological and Mineral Exploration Branch (1991). Geotourism map: Geology of southern Quebec, Bas-Saint-Laurent and Gaspésie. Québec: Publications of Québec. The eastern and western ends are located in a sedimentary formation composed of breccia of varying size and composition. All the rocks are of

Cambrian The Cambrian Period ( ; sometimes symbolized C with bar, Ꞓ) was the first geological period of the Paleozoic Era, and of the Phanerozoic Eon. The Cambrian lasted 53.4 million years from the end of the preceding Ediacaran Period 538.8 million ...

and

Ordovician The Ordovician ( ) is a geologic period and System (geology), system, the second of six periods of the Paleozoic Era (geology), Era. The Ordovician spans 41.6 million years from the end of the Cambrian Period million years ago (Mya) to the start ...

age (542 to 443 million years BC). Lac_Stukely_vue_PNMO

The Stukely Lake plateau separates Mount Chauve from

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. To the north of the lake are mixed deposits of sand and till, the result of glacial melting of the Cherry River. The lake deposits, covered by an organic layer, are almost a metre thick on the till near the lake's shores. The typical shoreline profile of the region's water bodies is defined by Léo Provencher of the

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as "a gently sloping, boulder-strewn, sandy-gravelly beine, adjoined by a slight boulder slope and a moderately sloping till slope, all associated with a mixed tree canopy ".

Hydrology

The lake's watershed includes some 12 tributary streams with a total length of 12.5 km and covers an area of 18.2 km².Poirier and Dubois 2008, p. 10 Lac Stukely is the head lake of the watershednotes.A head lake is a lake located at the head of a watershed, i.e. fed almost exclusively by springs. The lake discharges via an outlet in its northeastern part, the Lake Stukely outlet, whose flow is regulated by the Stukely dam built in 1950. After passing through the Chain of Lakes and

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, its waters flow into the Saumon River and then the

Saint-François River The Saint-François River is a right tributary of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. Its source is Lake Saint-François in Chaudière-Appalaches, southeast of Thetford Mines. It flows southwest towards Sherbrooke, where it changes course ...

. The lake has a relatively long retention time of 4.03 years. The lake itself covers an area of 4 km², with an average depth of 13 m and a maximum depth of 32 m. Its greatest dimensions are 5.3 km in length and 1.6 km in width, with an estimated water volume of 53,100,000 m³. Lake Stukely is 285 m above sea level. The lake's main island is Miner IslandGeneral map of the park, Parc du Mont-Orford, SEPAQ, 2008
accessed 2009
(surface area 19 acres or 0.077 km²), part of the Mount Orford National Park territory. The lake's water is considered very soft and slightly acidic, making it susceptible to pollution from

acid rain Acid rain is rain or any other form of precipitation that is unusually acidic, meaning that it has elevated levels of hydrogen ions (low pH). Most water, including drinking water, has a neutral pH that exists between 6.5 and 8.5, but acid ...

. Its chemical and biological characteristics classify it as an oligotrophic to

mesotrophic lake The Trophic State Index (TSI) is a classification system designed to rate water bodies based on the amount of biological productivity they sustain. Although the term "trophic index" is commonly applied to lakes, any surface water body may be ind ...

Land use

2007-07 Parc du Mont-Orford - Plage du Lac Stukeley

The eastern portion of its shoreline is occupied by Mount Orford National Park for approximately 12 km. Two sectors of the park are involved: the Jouvence sector and the Lac-Stukely sector. The latter includes a 358-site campground, some of which are lakeside, as well as a popular beach.Claudia Lascelles (coordination), ''Journal du parc - Parc national du Mont-Orford - Édition 2009-2010'', Parcs Québec. Its 2,500-person capacity is often reached. There is also a boat launch for small craft. The Jouvence sector surrounds the resort of the same name, where outdoor activities with accommodation are practiced.''Hébergement'', Parc national du Mont-Orford, SEPAQ
accessed august 2009
/ref> Land use in the watershed is predominantly forested, much of which is protected by the national park. Although agriculture and later logging were practiced in the 20th century, in 2008 forest cover occupied around 70% of the watershed, and water cover around 25%. Settled areas on the western edge of the lake account for around 3.5% of its surface area, wetlands for around 1%, and the remainder is made up of wasteland and cultivated land. Artificialization of the lake's shores is low, with 82% natural or 2.5% regenerating; only a small portion is ornamental (12.5%) or degraded (2.5%).

Climate

Lake Stukely lies in the

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zone of the

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. Source: Environment Canada

History

2010-08 Parc du Mont-Orford - Lac Stukely

Despite having been opened to settlement in the late eighteenth century via the townships of Stukely and Orford, the Stukely Lake area remained undeveloped due to its mountainous location and relatively unfertile land.. A road linking

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was eventually built between 1834 and 1836 near the lake outlet; a coach service opened in 1837, stopping at "Bonnalie Mills", near the lake outlet. In 1905, a branch line of the Eastman-Valcourt railroad was built along the south shore of the lake to the present-day national park campground. The campground was used mainly for logging until 1920. In 1944, the Miner family of Granby bought a large parcel of land northeast of the park to build a second home.. The rest of the lake was mainly used for hunting and fishing until the 1950s. Also in 1944, the Archdiocese of Sherbrooke purchased a hunting and fishing lodge near the lake outlet, to be used as a

summer camp A summer camp or sleepaway camp is a supervised program for children conducted during the summer months in some countries. Children and adolescents who attend summer camp are known as ''campers''. Summer school is usually a part of the academ ...

. Camp Jouvence initially welcomed young people from Catholic organizations for their human and Christian formation, and underwent several expansions until the 1960s. As the

Quiet Revolution The Quiet Revolution (french: Révolution tranquille) was a period of intense socio-political and socio-cultural change in French Canada which started in Quebec after the election of 1960, characterized by the effective secularization of govern ...

brought about a number of changes in Quebec, Camp Jouvence's mission underwent a change, as groups with a non-Christian nature, such as the Cercles des jeunes naturalistes, began to be welcomed both during the summer and winter months. Management of the site was handed over to a secular

non-profit organization A nonprofit organization (NPO) or non-profit organisation, also known as a non-business entity, not-for-profit organization, or nonprofit institution, is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, in co ...

, which took over from the episcopate in 1970. In 1974, the site hosted the National

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Rally. In 1976, the

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acquired the site, which became Base de plein air Jouvence and was subsequently integrated into Mount Orford National Park. From the 1980s onwards, the site's usage continued to evolve, becoming open all four seasons and diversifying its range of leisure activities and accommodation types, welcoming youth groups and the general public. In 2010, the outdoor center employed 60 full-time and 125 casual workers. In 1920, George Austin Bowen, a physician from Magog, sought to convince regional authorities to create a park to preserve the beauty of

, thereby creating a place of tourism and recreation for the region.. In 1929, just before the

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, 1,200 acres (485 ha) were secured for this purpose, but the financial crisis put the project on hold for the short term. On April 8, 1938,. the park creation act was passed, and it took the government more than four years to secure the park's original 41 km2. In 1967, to meet tourist demand for the 1967 World's Fair, the government built a 300-site campground southeast of the lake. An artificial

beach A beach is a landform alongside a body of water which consists of loose particles. The particles composing a beach are typically made from rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles, etc., or biological sources, such as mollusc shel ...

was created out of a sand pit near Stukely. In 1975, the government acquired land in the northern sector of the park, including the Jouvence resort, north of the lake. From 1958 onwards, the eastern shore of the lake underwent significant development with the construction of secondary residences.. Over the years, three real-estate projects followed one another; the first, known as "Développement Normand", began in 1959 and comprised around 150 residences to the south-west of the lake. The second - the "Monbel" - took place to the west.. Its 37 lots were completed in 196431. The last development - "Le Domaine des Étoiles" - is located to the west and comprises around 47 residences starting in 1995. A private campground with 164 sites, "Camping Normand", was built southwest of the lake in 1959. A riverside owners' association was created in 1968.

Flora and fauna

In 2002–2003, around 15 species of aquatic plants were recorded.. The most common are the algae ''Chara'' and ''

Nitella ''Nitella'' is a genus of charophyte green algae in the family Characeae. Species The species in the genus include: *'' Nitella abyssinica'' A. Braun * '' Nitella acuminata'' A. Braun ex Wallman *'' Nitella aemula'' A. Braun * '' Nitella an ...

''. Among the most common plants, there are also Eriocaulon Septangularis (''Eriocaulon septangulare''),

Eurasian Water Milfoil ''Myriophyllum spicatum'' (Eurasian watermilfoil or spiked water-milfoil) is native to Europe, Asia, and north Africa, but has a wide geographic and climatic distribution among some 57 countries, extending from northern Canada to South Africa. It ...

(''Myriophyllum spicatum''), American Vallisneria (''Vallisneria americana''), ''

Isoetes ''Isoetes'', commonly known as the quillworts, is the only extant genus of plants in the family Isoetaceae, which is in the class of lycopods. There are currently 192 recognized species, with a cosmopolitan distribution but with the individual sp ...

'' sp. and Dwarf Pondweed (''Potamogeton pusillus''). The forest canopy along its banks is located in the bioclimatic domain of the eastern basswood maple stand, bordering on the yellow birch maple stand, and dominated by

Sugar Maple ''Acer saccharum'', the sugar maple, is a species of flowering plant in the soapberry and lychee family Sapindaceae. It is native to the hardwood forests of eastern Canada and eastern United States. Sugar maple is best known for being the prima ...

(''Acer saccharum''). There are also

eastern Hemlock ''Tsuga canadensis'', also known as eastern hemlock, eastern hemlock-spruce, or Canadian hemlock, and in the French-speaking regions of Canada as ''pruche du Canada'', is a coniferous tree native to eastern North America. It is the state tree of ...

(''Tsuga canadensis''),

Eastern White Cedar ''Thuja occidentalis'', also known as northern white-cedar, eastern white-cedar, or arborvitae, is an evergreen coniferous tree, in the cypress family Cupressaceae, which is native to eastern Canada and much of the north-central and northeaste ...

(''Thuya occidentalis''),

Balsam Fir ''Abies balsamea'' or balsam fir is a North American fir, native to most of eastern and central Canada (Newfoundland west to central Alberta) and the northeastern United States (Minnesota east to Maine, and south in the Appalachian Mountains to ...

(''Abies balsamea'') and

Black Spruce ''Picea mariana'', the black spruce, is a North American species of spruce tree in the pine family. It is widespread across Canada, found in all 10 provinces and all 3 territories. It is the official tree of the province of Newfoundland and Labra ...

(''Picea mariana'') on the shoreline on the Mont Chauve side, and White Pine (''Pinus strobus'') on Miner Island and the opposite shoreline. The lake's

zooplankton Zooplankton are the animal component of the planktonic community ("zoo" comes from the Greek word for ''animal''). Plankton are aquatic organisms that are unable to swim effectively against currents, and consequently drift or are carried along by ...

consists mainly of

copepod Copepods (; meaning "oar-feet") are a group of small crustaceans found in nearly every freshwater and saltwater habitat (ecology), habitat. Some species are planktonic (inhabiting sea waters), some are benthos, benthic (living on the ocean floor) ...

s, with a notable presence at the water's surface of

cladocerans The Diplostraca or Cladocera, commonly known as water fleas, are a superorder of small crustaceans that feed on microscopic chunks of organic matter (excluding some predatory forms). Over 1000 species have been recognised so far, with many more ...

and

protozoa Protozoa (singular: protozoan or protozoon; alternative plural: protozoans) are a group of single-celled eukaryotes, either free-living or parasitic, that feed on organic matter such as other microorganisms or organic tissues and debris. Histo ...

. Several species of fish inhabit the lake. Among the most common are Smallmouth Bass (''Micropterus dolomieu''),

Brown Bullhead The brown bullhead (''Ameiurus nebulosus'') is a fish of the family Ictaluridae that is widely distributed in North America. It is a species of bullhead catfish and is similar to the black bullhead (''Ameiurus melas'') and yellow bullhead (''Ame ...

(''Ameiurus nebulosus''), Cyprinids, Sunfish (''Lepomis gibbosus''),

Rainbow Smelt The rainbow smelt (''Osmerus mordax'') is a North American species of fish of the family Osmeridae. Walleye, trout, and other larger fish prey on these smelt. The rainbow smelt prefer juvenile ciscoes, zooplankton such as calanoid copepods ('' L ...

(''Osmerus mordax''),

White Sucker The white sucker (''Catostomus commersonii)'' is a species of freshwater cypriniform fish inhabiting the upper Midwest and Northeast in North America, but it is also found as far south as Georgia and as far west as New Mexico. The fish is commonl ...

(''Catostomus commersonii'') and

Yellow Perch The yellow perch (''Perca flavescens''), commonly referred to as perch, striped perch, American perch, American river perch or preacher is a freshwater perciform fish native to much of North America. The yellow perch was described in 1814 by Samu ...

(''Perca perca''),

Lake Trout The lake trout (''Salvelinus namaycush'') is a freshwater char living mainly in lakes in northern North America. Other names for it include mackinaw, namaycush, lake char (or charr), touladi, togue, and grey trout. In Lake Superior, it can also ...

(''Salvelinus namaycush'') and

Rainbow Trout The rainbow trout (''Oncorhynchus mykiss'') is a species of trout native to cold-water tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in Asia and North America. The steelhead (sometimes called "steelhead trout") is an anadromous (sea-run) form of the coasta ...

(''Oncorhynchus mykiss''). The lake's surroundings are home to five

reptile Reptiles, as most commonly defined are the animals in the class Reptilia ( ), a paraphyletic grouping comprising all sauropsids except birds. Living reptiles comprise turtles, crocodilians, squamates (lizards and snakes) and rhynchocephalians ( ...

species, including the

Snapping Turtle The Chelydridae is a family of turtles that has seven extinct and two extant genera. The extant genera are the snapping turtles, ''Chelydra'' and '' Macrochelys''. Both are endemic to the Western Hemisphere. The extinct genera are '' Acherontem ...

(''Chelydra serpentina'') and

Painted Turtle The painted turtle (''Chrysemys picta'') is the most widespread native turtle of North America. It lives in slow-moving fresh waters, from southern Canada to northern Mexico, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific. They have been shown to prefer l ...

(''Chrysemys picta'').. It is also inhabited by sixteen species of amphibians, including the Green Newt (''Notophthalmus viridescens''), the Green Frog (''

Lithobates clamitans ''Lithobates clamitans'' or ''Rana clamitans'', commonly known as the green frog, is a species of frog native to eastern North America. The two subspecies are the bronze frog and the northern green frog. These frogs, as described by their name, ...

''), the Northern Frog ('' Lithobates septentrionalis'') and the

Bullfrog ''Bullfrog'' is a common English language term to refer to large, aggressive frogs, regardless of species. Examples of bullfrogs include: Frog species America *Helmeted water toad (''Calyptocephalella gayi''), endemic to Chile *American bullfro ...

(''Lithobates catesbeianus''). Aquatic birds include the

Bald Eagle The bald eagle (''Haliaeetus leucocephalus'') is a bird of prey found in North America. A sea eagle, it has two known subspecies and forms a species pair with the white-tailed eagle (''Haliaeetus albicilla''), which occupies the same niche as ...

(''Haliaeetus leucocephalus''),

Osprey The osprey (''Pandion haliaetus''), , also called sea hawk, river hawk, and fish hawk, is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey with a cosmopolitan range. It is a large raptor reaching more than in length and across the wings. It is brown o ...

(''Pandion haliaetus''),

Canada Goose The Canada goose (''Branta canadensis''), or Canadian goose, is a large wild goose with a black head and neck, white cheeks, white under its chin, and a brown body. It is native to the arctic and temperate regions of North America, and it is o ...

(''Branta canadensis''),

Wood Duck The wood duck or Carolina duck (''Aix sponsa'') is a species of perching duck found in North America. The drake wood duck is one of the most colorful North American waterfowl. Description The wood duck is a medium-sized perching duck. A typi ...

(''Aix sponsa''),

Mallard The mallard () or wild duck (''Anas platyrhynchos'') is a dabbling duck that breeds throughout the temperate and subtropical Americas, Eurasia, and North Africa, and has been introduced to New Zealand, Australia, Peru, Brazil, Uruguay, Arge ...

(''Anas platyrhynchos''), Black Duck (''Anas rubripes''). Green-winged Teal (''Anas crecca''), Ring-necked Duck (''Aythya collaris''),

Bufflehead The bufflehead (''Bucephala albeola'') is a small sea duck of the genus ''Bucephala'', the goldeneyes. This species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'' as ''Anas albeola''. The genus na ...

(''Bucephala albeola''), Common Goldeneye (''Bucephala clangula''),

Common Merganser The common merganser (North American) or goosander (Eurasian) (''Mergus merganser'') is a large seaduck of rivers and lakes in forested areas of Europe, Asia, and North America. The common merganser eats mainly fish. It nests in holes in trees. ...

(''Mergus merganser''), common Merganser (''Lophodytes cucullatus''),

common Loon The common loon or great northern diver (''Gavia immer'') is a large member of the loon, or diver, family of birds. Breeding adults have a plumage that includes a broad black head and neck with a greenish, purplish, or bluish sheen, blackish o ...

(''Gavia immer''), Pied-billed Grebe (''Podilymbus podiceps''), Double-crested Cormorant (''Phalacrocorax auritus''), American Bittern (''Botaurus lentiginosus''), Green Heron (''Butorides virescens''),

Great Blue Heron The great blue heron (''Ardea herodias'') is a large wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, common near the shores of open water and in wetlands over most of North America and Central America, as well as the Caribbean and the Galápagos ...

(''Ardea herodias''), Spotted Redhorse (''Actitis macularius''), Solitary Redhorse (''Tringa solitaria''), Wilson's Snipe (''Gallinago delicata''),

American Woodcock The American woodcock (''Scolopax minor''), sometimes colloquially referred to as the timberdoodle, the bogsucker, the hokumpoke, and the Labrador twister, is a small shorebird species found primarily in the eastern half of North America. Woodcoc ...

(''Scolopax minor''), Hudsonian Gull (''Larus smithsonianus''),

Ring-billed Gull The ring-billed gull (''Larus delawarensis'') is a medium-sized gull. The genus name is from Latin ''Larus'' which appears to have referred to a gull or other large seabird. The specific ''delawarensis'' refers to the Delaware River. Description ...

(''Larus delawarensis'') and American Kingfisher (''

Megaceryle alcyon The belted kingfisher (''Megaceryle alcyon'') is a large, conspicuous water kingfisher, native to North America. All kingfishers were formerly placed in one family, Alcedinidae, but recent research suggests that this should be divided into three ...

'').. Among the mammals found on the lake in the Mont-Orford National Park sector are the

Muskrat The muskrat (''Ondatra zibethicus'') is a medium-sized semiaquatic rodent native to North America and an introduced species in parts of Europe, Asia, and South America. The muskrat is found in wetlands over a wide range of climates and habitat ...

(''Ondatra zibethicus''), River Otter (''

Lontra canadensis The North American river otter (''Lontra canadensis''), also known as the northern river otter and river otter, is a semiaquatic mammal that only lives on the North American continent, along its waterways and coasts. An adult North American riv ...

''),

Moose The moose (in North America) or elk (in Eurasia) (''Alces alces'') is a member of the New World deer subfamily and is the only species in the genus ''Alces''. It is the largest and heaviest extant species in the deer family. Most adult mal ...

(''Alces alces'') and

Canadian Beaver The North American beaver (''Castor canadensis'') is one of two extant beaver species, along with the Eurasian beaver (''Castor fiber''). It is native to North America and introduced in South America (Patagonia) and Europe (primarily Finland ...

(''Castor canadensis'').. Beavers are very abundant in the area between the lake and Mount Chauve, and this region was given the name ''La Castorie'', a name still attributed to a nearby pond..

Pop culture

As the shores of Lake Stukely are sparsely populated, it has been featured in several Canadian TV series. CF-RCK uses the lake landscape as a background setting. The series ''Le Courrier du roy and Rue'' de l'anse use it for their outdoor scenes. The Radisson series and Jean Pierre Lefebvre's movie Mon amie Pierrette may also have used the lake for a few scenes.

Notes

References

Bibliography

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