Lake Walsh is a fresh water body crossed to the west on by the discharge current from Fragasso Lake in

Jacques-Cartier National Park Jacques-Cartier National Park (french: Parc national de la Jacques-Cartier) is a provincial park located north of Quebec City. The park aims to protect wildlife in the Laurentian massif. It lies within the Eastern forest-boreal transition ecoregi ...

. This lake is located entirely 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 ...

, administrative region of

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, in

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, in

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. The Walsh Lake watershed is mainly served on the east side by the route 175 which links the towns of

and Saguenay. A few secondary roads serve this area for forestry and recreational tourism activities, notably forest road 12 which runs north of the lake and in the area between Fragasso Lake and lac Walsh.Open Street Map - Accessed January 19, 2020
/ref> Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second. The surface of lake Walsh is generally frozen from early December to late March; safe circulation on the ice is generally done from the end of December to the beginning of March.

Geography

Walsh Lake has a length of , a width of and its surface is at an altitude of . This lake between the mountains looks like a large inverted V. Lake Walsh crossed west on by the current from the outlet of Fragasso Lake, to the dam at its mouth. The Sautauriski Lake is located on the northeast side of Walsh Lake; Fragasso Lake is located on the northeast side of the lake; and the course 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 ...

goes to on the west side of the lake. Walsh Lake has an area of . A water regulation dam was built in 2005 at the mouth of Walsh Lake allowing a water retention height of for a reservoir capacity of .. From the mouth of Walsh Lake, the current first descends on to the west, then branches off to the north, where the water discharges at the bottom of the west bay of lac des Alliés. From there, the current goes up on towards the north, to join the current coming from the discharge of the Rocheuse River (coming from the north). Then, the current from the latter crosses to the west of the Lac des Alliés to its mouth. From there, the current successively follows the course of the Rocheuse River on ; on towards the southwest by following the course of the

rivière du Malin The rivière du Malin (English: Malin river) is a tributary of the Jacques-Cartier River, located in the unorganized territory of Lac-Jacques-Cartier, Quebec, Lac-Jacques-Cartier, in the La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality, in the ad ...

; then on generally towards the south along the current of the

to the northeast bank of the

Saint-Laurent river The St. Lawrence River (french: Fleuve Saint-Laurent, ) is a large river in the middle latitudes of North America. Its headwaters begin flowing from Lake Ontario in a (roughly) northeasterly direction, into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, connecting ...

Toponymy

The name "Walsh" is a family name of English origin. The toponym "Lac Walsh" was formalized on June 1, 1971, 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 - Lac Walsh - accessed January 19, 2020
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