The "Aberdeen lake" is the main head water of the Aberdeen River, located in Upper Batiscanie in the territory of the city of

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, in the administrative region of Mauricie, in the province of

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. This hydrographic slope is served on the west and south side by the forest road R0410. Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreational activities, second. The surface of Lake Aberdeen is generally frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March; however, safe circulation on the ice is generally from late December to early March.

Geography

Lake Aberdeen has a length of , a width of and an altitude of . The mouth of Aberdeen Lake is located northwest of the limit of the

Laurentides Wildlife Reserve Réserve faunique des Laurentides (), also known by its former name of parc des Laurentides, is a wildlife reserve in Quebec, Canada, located between Quebec City and the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region. This reserve is part of the network of ...

, northeast from the center of the village of Lac-Édouard, at south-east of Ventadour Lake, at south-east of Grand lac Macousine and east of Saint-Henri Lake.Atlas of Canada - Department of Natural Resources Canada - Lake Aberdeen
/ref> This long, landlocked lake is mainly fed by seven discharges from the surrounding mountains. Aberdeen Lake has an island (length: in the north central part of the lake and ten other small islands. It also has five bays, two on the north side, one to the west where a few chalets have been built and two bays on the south side, one of which is to the southeast where the outlet of the lake is located. From the mouth of this lake, the current descends on in following the course of the Aberdeen River generally towards the southwest, then the current merges with the rivière aux Castors Noirs by first crossing on on

lac aux Biscuits The lac aux Biscuits (Cookies Lake) (formerly named "Lac à la Croix" in French or Cross Lake in English) is located in Haute-Batiscanie in the municipality of Lac-Édouard, Quebec, in La Tuque, in the administrative region of the Mauricie, in t ...

. Finally, the current flows into the upper part of the

Batiscan River The Batiscan River is located in La Mauricie administrative region, in the Quebec province, Canada. This river flows from Lake Édouard in Mauricie south and west to empty into the St. Lawrence River at Batiscan, Quebec, northeast of Trois-Riv ...

which goes southward to the north-west shore of

Saint Lawrence 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, connectin ...

Toponymy

The toponym "Aberdeen Lake" was formalized on December 5, 1968 at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.

Geography

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