The Nadreau Lake is a freshwater body located in the unorganized territory of Lac-Jacques-Cartier, in the

La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality La Côte-de-Beaupré is a regional county municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Château-Richer. Its most populous community is the municipality of Boischatel. Subdivisions There are 11 subdivisions within ...

, in the administrative region of

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, in the

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, in

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. The hydrographic side of this lake is mainly served by a few forest roads for the needs of forestry and recreational tourism activities. Because of its altitude, the surface of Lake Nadreau is generally frozen from the end of November to the beginning of April; however, safe circulation on the ice is generally done from mid-December to the end of March. The water level is controlled by a dam built at its mouth.

Geography

Lake Nadreau is the head water body of the

Jacques-Cartier River The Jacques-Cartier River is a river in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is 161 km long and its source is Jacques-Cartier Lake in Laurentides Wildlife Reserve, and flows in a predominantly southern direction before ending in the Saint Lawr ...

. This lake receives the waters on the west side of two small lakes: Plamondon lake (altitude: ) and an unnamed lake (). Lake Nadreau discharges north into Lake Grandpré (altitude: ). The latter empties westwards into "Petit Pré lake" ( long; altitude: ). From the mouth of "Lac Petit Pré", the

flows northwest in the county of Montmorency to reach

Jacques-Cartier Lake The lac Jacques-Cartier, main source of the Jacques-Cartier River, is a glacial lake located in the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve, about 90 km to the north of the city of Quebec, in the unorganized territory of Lac-Jacques-Cartier, in the La ...

, which is the main body of water on the

. A mountain whose summit reaches is located southwest of Lac Nadreau, and another of on the west side. This forest area includes several swamps at several altitude levels: to ; especially around the lakes of Petit Pré, Grandpré, Gariépy, Étang des Silènes, Saulmer; as well as in the Malbaie River area, around Lac des Frelons and Lac des Sixty Six (this area seems to have 66 small lakes through swamps).

Toponymy

The surname "Nadreau" is of French origin. The toponym "Lac Nadreau" was formalized on December 5, 1968 at the Place Names Bank of 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 ...

.Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of Place Names - Toponym: Lac Nadreau
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Notes and references

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Geography

Toponymy

See also

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