Little Buade Lake is a freshwater body of the unorganized territory of

Lac-Ashuapmushuan, Quebec Lac-Ashuapmushuan is an unorganized territory in the Canadian province of Quebec, Canada, located in the regional county municipality of Le Domaine-du-Roy. The region had a population of 140 as of the Canada 2021 Census, and covered a land a ...

in the western part of the

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(MRC)

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, in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean administrative region, in the

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, in

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. This lake straddles the townships of Buade and Ventadour. Forestry is the main economic activity of the sector, followed by recreational tourism activities. The forest road route 212 connecting

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and

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passes south of Dubois Lake and

Buade Lake (Normandin River) Buade Lake is a freshwater body of the unorganized territory of Lac-Ashuapmushuan, Quebec, in the western part of the Regional County Municipality (MRC) Le Domaine-du-Roy, in the administrative region of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, in the province of ...

. Other secondary forest roads serve the vicinity of the lake. The surface of Little Buade Lake is usually frozen from early November to mid-May, but safe ice circulation is generally from mid-November to mid-April.

Geography

Toponymy

The toponym "Petit Lac Buade" (English: Little Buade Lake) was formalized on December 5, 1968, by the

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, i.e. at the creation of this commission.Commission de toponymie du Québec - Place Names Bank - Toponym: "Petit Lac Buade"
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Geography

Toponymy

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