Lake Poncheville is a freshwater body in of

Eeyou Istchee Baie-James (municipality) Eeyou Istchee James Bay (french: Eeyou Istchee Baie-James, cr, ᐄᔨᔨᐤ ᐊᔅᒌ ᒉᐃᒥᔅ ᐯᐃ, italic=no ) is a local municipality in the (TE) in administrative region of . Located to the east of James Bay, Eeyou Istchee James Ba ...

, in the administrative region of

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, in the

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, in

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. The southern part of the lake is part of the townships of Des Combes and Grandfontaine. Forestry is the main economic activity of the sector. Recreational tourism activities come second, thanks to a navigable body of water of a length of , connecting the lakes Opataouaga, "Lac de la Hauteur des Terres" (''English: Lac Lake of the Height of the Lands'') and Poncheville Lake. In addition, the Quénonisca Lake (located to the north) of a length of offers another navigable body of water that connects to the

Broadback River The Broadback River (french: Rivière Broadback) (In Cree: ''Chistamiskau Sipi'') is a river in northern Quebec, Canada. It drains into Rupert Bay (a smaller bay at the south end of James Bay), just south of the Rupert River and Cree community Wask ...

. The Poncheville Lake watershed is accessible via a forest road (east-west direction) from the west connecting the road to the north. The surface of Poncheville Lake is usually frozen from early November to mid-May, however, safe ice circulation is generally from mid-November to mid-April.

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