The Petit lac Malbaie is a freshwater body of the unorganized territory of Lac-Pikauba, in the

Charlevoix Regional County Municipality Charlevoix is a regional county municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Baie-Saint-Paul. Subdivisions There are 7 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Cities & Towns (1) * Baie-Saint-Paul ;Municipalities (3) * L' ...

, in the administrative region of

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, in the

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, in

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. This lake, which is located in a forest and mountainous area, is part of the

zec des Martres The Zec des Martres is a "zone d'exploitation contrôlée" (controlled harvesting zone), in the unorganized territory of Lac-Pikauba, in Charlevoix Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, Quebec, Canada. ...

, that is to the northeast of

Grands-Jardins National Park Grands-Jardins National Park is a provincial park, located in the Unorganized Territory of Lac-Pikauba, Quebec, Lac-Pikauba, in the Charlevoix Regional County Municipality, an administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in Quebec, Canada. The Gr ...

. The southern part of Petit lac Malbaie is accessible by a forest road from the south. This mountain lake is entirely located in an area where forestry has always been the predominant economic activity; recreational tourism, second. In the middle of 19th century, recreational tourism activities took off. Due to the altitude, this lake is normally frozen from mid-November to the end of April; however, the safe ice traffic period is usually from early December to mid-April.

Geography

Petit lac Malbaie (altitude: 861 m) has a length of , a width of and an altitude of . It is located between the mountains including Mont Barbeau (altitude: ) located to the southeast, as well as another mountain (summit altitude: ) located to the west. Petit lac Malbaie is mainly fed by the outlet (coming from the east) of the First and Second Lac Landry, as well as the outlet (coming from the northwest) from Lac Claire and Lac du Bec-Croisé. The main hydrographic slopes neighboring Petit Lac Malbaie are: * to the east: Lac des Cavernes, Second Lac Laury; * to the south: Lac de la Baie; * to the west: Lac Gilbert, Lac Équerre,

Petite rivière Malbaie The Petite rivière Malbaie (''English: Little Malbaie River'') is a tributary of the east bank of the Malbaie River, flowing in the unorganized territory of Lac-Pikauba, in the Charlevoix Regional County Municipality, in the administrative regi ...

Malbaie River The Malbaie River in the Charlevoix region empties into the Saint Lawrence River at La Malbaie. Until 1985 the river was used to transport logs downstream. It flows through a steep valley known as Les Hautes Gorges. A sugar maple and American el ...

; * north: Lac Barley, Lac Lesclache. The mouth of Petit lac Malbaie is located to the southwest. From the dam at the mouth of Petit lac Malbaie, the current descends on the Petite rivière Malbaie generally towards the southwest with a drop of , to the east bank of the Malbaie river. From there, the current descends on following the course of the Malbaie river which flows to

La Malbaie La Malbaie is a municipality in the Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality in the Province of Quebec, Canada, situated on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River at the mouth of the Malbaie River. It was formerly known as Murray Bay. La Ma ...

in the

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.Atlas of Canada - Department of Natural Resources Canada - Petit lac Malbaie - Distance and altitude measurements based on the application of the measurements of the site.
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Toponymy

This toponymic designation appears on the draft of the Lac des Martres map, 1961-09-25, item 67. This denomination was approved on 1963-07-03 by the Commission de géographie du Québec. The toponym "Petit lac Malbaie" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Place Names Bank of the

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.Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of Place Names - Toponym: Petit lac Malbaie
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References

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Geography

Toponymy

See also

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