The lac de la Belle Rivière is a freshwater body at the head of Belle Rivière on the watershed of

lac Saint-Jean Lac Saint-Jean (Canadian French: ) is a large, relatively shallow lake in south-central Quebec, Canada, in the Laurentian Highlands. It is situated north of the Saint Lawrence River, into which it drains via the Saguenay River. It covers an are ...

, in the unorganized territory of Belle-Rivière, in the

Lac-Saint-Jean-Est Regional County Municipality Lac-Saint-Jean-Est is a regional county municipality in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Alma. In 2016, 99.3% reported that they spoke French most often at home, according to the census. Subdivisions There are 1 ...

, in the region

Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean (, ) is a region in Quebec, Canada. It contains the Saguenay Fjord, the estuary of the Saguenay River, stretching through much of the region. It is also known as Sagamie in French, from the first part of "Saguenay" and th ...

, in the

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...

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

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. Lake Belle Rivière is located in the northwestern 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 ...

. This small valley is served by the route 169 and by the route des Laurentides which runs along the lake on the northeast side. A few secondary roads serve this area for the needs of forestry, recreational tourism activities.Open Street Map - Accessed February 3, 2019
/ref> Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second. The surface of Belle Rivière Lake is usually frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, however the safe circulation on the ice is generally from mid-December to mid-March.

Geography

The main watersheds adjacent to Lake Belle Rivière are: * north side: Bélair lake, Beauséjour lake, Curés lake, Belle Rivière, Vert Lake; * east side: Thom stream, Sauce stream,

Pikauba River The Pikauba River is a tributary of Kenogami Lake, 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 Municipality; * ...

Bras des Angers The Bras des Angers (English: arm of Angers) is a tributary of the Pikauba River, flowing in the unorganized territory of Lac-Ministuk, in the Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Saguenay–Lac-Sai ...

, rivière aux Écorces; * south side: Carpe lake, Paul stream, rivière du Milieu, Grand lac des Cèdres, Thom stream,

Métabetchouane River The Metabetchouan River (French: ''Métabetchouane'') is a tributary of Lac Saint-Jean in the centre of the province of Quebec, Canada. The course of this river successively crosses the regional county municipalitys (MRC) of: * La Jacques-Cartier ...

. * west side:

, Belle Rivière stream, Grignon River, Ouiatchouan River,

Lac Saint-Jean Lac Saint-Jean (Canadian French: ) is a large, relatively shallow lake in south-central Quebec, Canada, in the Laurentian Highlands. It is situated north of the Saint Lawrence River, into which it drains via the Saguenay River. It covers an are ...

. The Belle Rivière lake has a length of , a width of and an altitude of . This lake has three parts formed by two narrows. This lake is mainly fed by the rivière du Milieu (coming from the south) and by the outlet (coming from the south) of the big lake of Cedars. The mouth of this lake is located to the west, at the Laurentian Highway bridge, at: * south-east of route 169; * east of the village center of Saint-André-du-Lac-Saint-Jean; * south-east of

; * south-east of the confluence of the Belle Rivière and a bay on the east shore of

; * south of downtown

Alma Alma or ALMA may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Alma'' (film), a 2009 Spanish short animated film * ''Alma'' (Oswald de Andrade novel), 1922 * ''Alma'' (Le Clézio novel), 2017 * ''Alma'' (play), a 1996 drama by Joshua Sobol about Alma ...

; * south-east of the entrance to the La Petite Décharge. From the mouth of Belle Rivière lake, the current follows the course of the Belle Rivière consecutively on northwesterly to the east shore of Lac Saint-Jean; from there, the current goes north on crossing this last lake, follows the course of the Saguenay river via the Petite Décharge on until

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

Saint Lawrence estuary The estuary of the Saint Lawrence in Quebec, Canada, is one of the largest esturaries in the world. Situation The estuary of the St. Lawrence River is located downstream of the St. Lawrence River and upstream of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. It ...

Toponymy

The name "Belle Rivière" is linked to the river, a stream and the municipality of the same name in the same sector. The toponym Lac de la Belle Rivière was formalized on December 5, 1968, 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 ...

Notes and references

Appendices

* Belle-Rivière, a TNO *

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 ...

La Belle Rivière The Belle Rivière is a tributary of Lac Saint-Jean, flowing the unorganized territory of Belle-Rivière, Quebec, Belle-Rivière and in the local municipality (Quebec), municipalities of Hébertville and Saint-Gédéon, in the Lac-Saint-Jean-Est R ...

* Rivière du Milieu Middle River *

List of lakes in Canada This is a partial list of lakes of Canada. Canada has an extremely large number of lakes, with the number of lakes larger than three square kilometres being estimated at close to 31,752 by the Atlas of Canada. Of these, 561 lakes have a surface ar ...

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