The "Lac des Cèdres" is the head of the Rivière des Cèdres, in the watershed of Ha! Ha! River And

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. This body of water straddles the

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of Ferland-et-Boilleau and Saint-Félix-d'Otis, in the Fjord-du-Saguenay, in the administrative region of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, in

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, in

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. A few secondary forest roads allow access to the Lac des Cèdres watershed; these roads connect to route 381 (north-south direction) which runs along the Ha! Ha! River. These roads allow forestry and recreational tourism activities.Open Street Map - Accessdate January 12, 2019
/ref> Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second. The surface of Lac des Cèdres is usually frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, however the safe circulation on the ice is generally made from mid-December to mid-March.

Geography

Lac des Cèdres is located about north of the boundary of the administrative regions of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean. The main hydrographic slopes near Lac des Cèdres are: * north side: Camp Lake, Crève-Cheval Lake, Barbé Lake, Long Lake, Goth Lake,

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; * east side: Grenouille lake, Quenouilles lake, Papinachois stream, Bras de Ross,

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, Saint-Jean River,

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rivière à la Catin The rivière à la Catin is a tributary of the Cami River, flowing in the municipality of L'Anse-Saint-Jean and Rivière-Éternité, in the Fjord-du-Saguenay, in the administrative region of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, in the province from Que ...

; * south side: Murphy lake, Papinachois stream, Ha! Ha! River,

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 ...

, Malbaie River; * west side: Ha! Ha! River,

, Mars river, Hamel's arm. The "Lac des Cèdres" has a length of in the shape of a deformed starfish, a maximum width of , an altitude is and an area of . It is fed by the camp lake (north side), "La Filée des Trois Petits Lacs" (north side), Lac Barbé (north side), "Lac de la Grenouille" (east side), Lac Gamelin (south side) and Murphy Lake (south side). Its mouth is located to the northwest, at: * north-east of the confluence of the Rivière des Cèdres and Ha! Ha! River; * north of the village center of Ferland in the municipality of Ferland-et-Boilleau; * south-east of the confluence of the Ha! Ha! River And Baie des Ha! Ha!. * south-east of the dam at the mouth of

which is crossed by the Ha! Ha! River; * south-east of downtown

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; * south of the

. From the mouth of "Lac des Cèdres", the current: * descends the course of the Rivière des Cèdres on towards the northwest; * descends the course of the Ha! Ha! River on towards the northwest; * crosses the Baie des Ha! Ha! on towards the northeast; * descends the course of the

over 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 tw ...

where the latter river flows into the

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Toponymy

The toponym "lac des Cèdres" was formalized on December 12, 1985, by the Commission de toponymie du Québec.

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