The Lake Omina is a freshwater body located in the northeastern part of

Gouin Reservoir The Gouin Reservoir () is a man-made lake, in La Tuque, in Mauricie, in the central portion of the Canadian province of Quebec, fully within the boundaries of the City of La Tuque. It is not one contiguous body of water, but the collective na ...

, in the territory of the town of

La Tuque La Tuque (; ) is a city located in north-central Quebec, Canada, on the Saint-Maurice River, between Trois-Rivières and Chambord. The population was 11,227 at the Canada 2011 Census, most of which live within the urban area. At over 28,000 sq ...

, in the administrative region of the

Mauricie Mauricie () is a traditional and current administrative region of Quebec. La Mauricie National Park is contained within the region, making it a prime tourist location. The region has a land area of 35,860.05 km² (13,845.64 sq mi) and a popu ...

, 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 Canada. This lake extends into the townships of Mathieu, Verreau, McSweeney and Magnan.Canada Maps par Internet - Retrieved on January 18th 2021. Recreational tourism is the main economic activity in the area due to its strategic position for navigation, being located near Route 212, as well as between the village of

Obedjiwan Obedjiwan (officially designated as Obedjiwan 28) is a First Nations reserve and village on the north shore of Gouin Reservoir in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada. It belongs to the Atikamekw of Opitciwan band of the Atikamekw Nation. Ge ...

and Verreau Stream. The hydrographic slope of Lake Omina is served on the north side by road 212 connecting the village of

to the east shore of

; this road provides access to

Toussaint Lake ''Toussaint'' (French for All Saints' Day, literally: "All Saints") may refer to: * Toussaint (name) (list of people named Toussaint) * Toussaint, Seine-Maritime, a commune in the arrondissement of Le Havre in the Seine-Maritime département of Fr ...

, the various bays on the northeast shore of

as well as the Verreau Stream area. Some secondary forest roads have been built on the north shore of

for logging and recreational tourism activities. The surface of Lake Omina is usually frozen from mid-November to the end of April, however safe traffic on the ice is generally from the beginning of December to the end of March. Water management at the Gouin dam can cause significant variations in the water level, particularly at the end of winter when the water is lowered in anticipation of the spring melt.

Toponymy

The toponym "Lac Omina" was formalized on 18 December 1986 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 ...

.Commission de toponymie du Québec - Place name bank - Toponym: "Lac Omina".
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Toponymy

See also

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