The Lac de l'Enfer is a

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in the watershed of the

Rivière à Mars The Rivière à Mars is a tributary of the Baie des Ha! Ha! (Saguenay River), Baie des Ha! Ha! Crossing the borough La Baie, in Saguenay, Quebec, Saguenay (city), in the administrative region of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, in Quebec, in Canada. The ...

and the

Saguenay River __NOTOC__ The Saguenay River () is a major river of Quebec, Canada. It drains Lac Saint-Jean in the Laurentian Highlands, leaving at Alma and running east; the city of Saguenay is located on the river. It drains into the Saint Lawrence River. T ...

. Lac de l'Enfer is located in the unorganized territory of Lac-Pikauba, in the

MRC MRC may refer to Government * Medical Research Council (United Kingdom) * Medical Reserve Corps, a US network of volunteer organizations * Municipalité régionale de comté (regional county municipality), Quebec, Canada * Military Revolutionar ...

Charlevoix Regional County Municipality Charlevoix is a regional county municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Baie-Saint-Paul. Subdivisions There are 7 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Cities & Towns (1) * Baie-Saint-Paul ;Municipalities (3) * L' ...

, in the administrative region of

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, in the

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, in Canada. Lac de l'Enfer is located in the northern part of the

Laurentides Wildlife Reserve Réserve faunique des Laurentides (), also known by its former name of parc des Laurentides, is a wildlife reserve in Quebec, Canada, located between Quebec City and the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region. This reserve is part of the network of ...

. The watershed of Lac de l'Enfer is mainly served indirectly by the forest road R0287 which runs on the southwest side along a higher segment of the rivière du Moulin. This last road connects north to route 175 which connects the city of

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. Some other secondary forest roads serve the sector for forestry and recreational tourism activities.Open Street Map - Accessed January 26, 2019
/ref> Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second. The surface of Lac de l'Enfer is usually frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, however safe circulation on the ice is generally done from mid-December to mid-March.

Geography

The main watersheds near Lac de l'Enfer are: * north side: Bras de l'Enfer, Conscrits stream,

rivière à Mars The Rivière à Mars is a tributary of the Baie des Ha! Ha! (Saguenay River), Baie des Ha! Ha! Crossing the borough La Baie, in Saguenay, Quebec, Saguenay (city), in the administrative region of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, in Quebec, in Canada. The ...

, Bras Sec, lac Georges; * east side: Georges lake,

Lake Ha! Ha! Lake Ha! Ha! is a waterbody tributary of the Ha! Ha! River. It is located in the municipality of Ferland-et-Boilleau, Quebec, in the Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality (MRC), in administrative region of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, i ...

, Ha! Ha! River; * south side: rivière du Moulin,

Cyriac River The Rivière Cyriac (also The Cyriac) is a freshwater tributary feeding the Kenogami Lake, flowing in: * Capitale-Nationale: in the unorganized territory of Lac-Pikauba, Quebec, Lac-Pikauba, in the regional county municipality, MRC of Charlevoix Re ...

, Pikauba Lake, Lac Decoigne; * west side: rivière du Moulin,

, Vermette stream,

Petite rivière Pikauba The Petite Rivière Pikauba is a tributary of the Pikauba River, flowing in the province of Quebec, in Canada, in the administrative regions of: * Capitale-Nationale: in the unorganized territory of Lac-Pikauba, in the Charlevoix Regional County ...

. Hell Lake has a length of , a width of and an altitude of . This lake is located in the

in the massif of

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. This lake has a peninsula attached to the southeast shore stretching for towards the center of the lake. This lake is mainly fed by the outlet (coming from the north) of Lake Lucifer and by the Bras de l'Enfer. The mouth of this lake is located at: * southwest of Lac Georges; * northeast of the course of the rivière du Moulin; * north-east of the forest road R0287; * south-west of the summit (altitude: ) of Mont des Conscrits; * south-west of the confluence of the Bras de l'Enfer and the

; * northeast of the course of the

; * southwest of

. From the mouth of the Lac de l'Enfer, the current successively follows the course of the Arm of Hell on generally towards the north, then towards the east, the course of the rivière à Mars on generally north and the course of the Saguenay river on east to

Tadoussac Tadoussac () is a village in Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saguenay and Saint Lawrence rivers. The indigenous Innu call the place ''Totouskak'' (plural for ''totouswk'' or ''totochak'') meaning "bosom", probably in reference to the t ...

where it merges with the

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Toponymy

The toponym “Lac de l'Enfer” appeared in the Dictionary of Rivers and Lakes of the Province of Quebec (1925), page 256. The toponym "Lac de l'Enfer" was formalized on June 1, 1971, by 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 ...

References

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