Opinaca Reservoir is a lake in the northwest of the province of
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. It is located 140 km east of
James Bay
James Bay (french: Baie James; cr, ᐐᓂᐯᒄ, Wînipekw, dirty water) is a large body of water located on the southern end of Hudson Bay in Canada. Both bodies of water extend from the Arctic Ocean, of which James Bay is the southernmost par ...
, south of the
Robert-Bourassa Reservoir
The Robert-Bourassa Reservoir () is a man-made lake in northern Quebec, Canada. It was created in the mid-1970s as part of the James Bay Project and provides the needed water for the Robert-Bourassa and La Grande-2-A generating stations. It has a ...
and south of
Lac Sakami
Lac Sakami is a lake in the northwest of the province of Quebec in Canada. It is located east of James Bay, south of the Robert-Bourassa Reservoir and north of the Opinaca Reservoir.
Lac Sakami is now a reservoir of the James Bay Project with a d ...
. It is connected by a 41 km narrows to the
Eastmain Reservoir
The Eastmain Reservoir is a reservoir which lies about 800 kilometres north of Montreal
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-most populous city in Canada and List o ...
located east.
Opinaca Reservoir is a
reservoir
A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation.
Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...
of the
James Bay Project
The James Bay Project (french: projet de la Baie-James) refers to the construction of a series of hydroelectric power stations on the La Grande River in northwestern Quebec, Canada by state-owned utility Hydro-Québec, and the diversion of neigh ...
with an elevation of and an area of .
See also
*
List of lakes of Quebec
This is an incomplete list of lakes of Quebec, a province of Canada.
Larger lake statistics
This is a list of lakes of Quebec with an area larger than . :fr:Liste des lacs du Canada#Québec
List of Lakes
0–9
* Lake 3.1416
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References
External links
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fr:Réservoir Opinaca
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Lakes of Nord-du-Québec