Berthelot Lake is a freshwater body of Berthelot Township, in the
Senneterre
Senneterre () is a town in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of northwestern Quebec, Canada. It is in La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality.
There are three schools in this city: St-Paul elementary school, Chanoine-Delisle elementary ...
territory, in
La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality
La Vallée-de-l'Or () is a regional county municipality in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region in Northwestern Quebec, Canada. The seat is in Val-d'Or. It is named for its gold deposits in the Harricana River and Bell River valleys.
History
Ori ...
(RCM), in the administrative region of
Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Abitibi-Témiscamingue () is an administrative region located in western Québec, Canada, along the border with Ontario. It became part of the province in 1898. It has a land area of and its population was 147,082 people as of the 2021 cens ...
, in the
province
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of
Quebec
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, in
Canada
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.
Forestry is the main economic activity of the sector. Its surface is generally frozen from the beginning of December to the end of April.
The hydrographic slope of Lake Berthelot is difficult to access as it does not have a nearby forest road. Only the road R0808 passes far north side, south of
Maserès Lake; and a branch of this route beginning northwest of
Faillon Lake serves the South Sector between the
Mégiscane River
The Mégiscane River is a tributary of Parent Lake (Abitibi). It flows in the Northwest of Quebec, in Canada, in the administrative regions of:
*Mauricie: in the westernmost part of the town of La Tuque;
*Abitibi-Témiscamingue: in the territory o ...
and the
Canadian National Railway
The Canadian National Railway Company () is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States.
CN is Canada's largest railway, in terms of both revenue a ...
.
Geography
Toponymy
Formerly, this lake was named "lake of the islands". The term "Berthelot" is a family name of French origin.
The toponym "lac Berthelot" was formalized on December 5, 1968, by the
Commission de toponymie du Québec
The Commission de toponymie du Québec (, ''Toponymy Commission of Québec'') is the Government of Québec's public body responsible for cataloging, preserving, making official and publicizing Québec's place names and their origins according to th ...
when it was created.
Commission de toponymie du Quebec - List of place names - Toponym: "Lac Berthelot"
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Notes and references
See also
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La Vallée-de-l’Or
Lakes of Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Nottaway River drainage basin