The Brébeuf Lake is a
body of water
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tributary of the
Saint-Jean River. It is in the
municipality
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of
Rivière-Éternité,
Quebec
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, Canada.
The Brébeuf Lake is integrated into the
zec du Lac-au-Sable
Zec du Lac-au-Sable is a "zone d'exploitation contrôlée" (controlled harvesting zone) (zec) located in the unorganized territory of Mont-Élie, in Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality, in administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, Quebe ...
, a
controlled exploitation zone
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.
The southwest part of Brébeuf Lake is served by a forest road from the village of
Saint-Félix-d'Otis where it connects to
route 170. Few other secondary forest roads serve the lake sector for forestry and recreational tourism activities.
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Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second.
The surface of Brébeuf Lake is usually frozen from the end of November to the beginning of April, however safe circulation on the ice is generally made from mid-December to the end of March.
Geography
The main watersheds near Brébeuf Lake are:
* north side: Bailoquet Lake, Éternity Lake, Otis Lake, Lac à la Croix, Saguenay River
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;
* east side: Périgny Lake, Saint-Jean river, Petit Saguenay River
The Petit Saguenay River is a watercourse flowing in Quebec, Canada, in:
* the unorganized territory of Sagard, Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality, in administrative region of Capitale-Nationale;
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, Saguenay River
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It drains Lac Saint-Jean in the Laurentian Highlands, leaving at Alma and running east; the city of Saguenay is located on the river. It drains into the Saint Lawrence River. ...
;
* south side: rivière à la Catin, Cami River, Lac des Canots, Pierre River, Vipère lake, Cinto lake, rivière à Mars North-West
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;
* west side: Pierre River, Bras de Ross, Ha! Ha! River.
The Brébeuf Lake has a length of segmented into three parts, a maximum width of , an altitude is and a area of . The current from Pierre River crosses Brébeuf Lake for to the east. This lake includes a peninsula attached to the south shore forming a strait of a hundred meters along the north shore of the lake; this peninsula forms on the east side of "Anse à Taschereau". Brébeuf Lake is mainly fed by the Pierre River, Bras de Ross, the Papinachois stream and the outlet of Rond Lake. The main bays around the lake are: "Anse à Bacalem", "Anse à la Balle" and "Anse à Taschereau". The Mont du Lac Bruno (altitude: ) is located at on the southwest shore. While the northeast shore has several peaks exceeding 450 meters.
The mouth of the lake is in a small bay on the east side of the lake, either:
* south of Éternity Lake;
* south-east of the village center of Saint-Félix-d'Otis;
* south-east of a bay on the Saguenay River
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The Saguenay River (, ) is a major river of Quebec, Canada.
It drains Lac Saint-Jean in the Laurentian Highlands, leaving at Alma and running east; the city of Saguenay is located on the river. It drains into the Saint Lawrence River. ...
;
* north-east of Lake Ha! Ha!
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;
* south-east of the confluence of the Saint-Jean River and the Saguenay River
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It drains Lac Saint-Jean in the Laurentian Highlands, leaving at Alma and running east; the city of Saguenay is located on the river. It drains into the Saint Lawrence River. ...
;
* south-east of downtown Saguenay;
* south-west of Tadoussac
Tadoussac () is a village municipality in La Haute-Côte-Nord RCM (Regional County Municipality), on the north shore of the maritime section of the estuary of St. Lawrence river, in Côte-Nord region, Quebec, Canada.
Geography
Tadoussac is ...
town center.
From the mouth of Brébeuf Lake, the current descends the Saint-Jean River on towards the northeast, then descends towards east the Saguenay River
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The Saguenay River (, ) is a major river of Quebec, Canada.
It drains Lac Saint-Jean in the Laurentian Highlands, leaving at Alma and running east; the city of Saguenay is located on the river. It drains into the Saint Lawrence River. ...
on to Tadoussac
Tadoussac () is a village municipality in La Haute-Côte-Nord RCM (Regional County Municipality), on the north shore of the maritime section of the estuary of St. Lawrence river, in Côte-Nord region, Quebec, Canada.
Geography
Tadoussac is ...
where this last river flows into the St. Lawrence river
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.
Toponymy
Born in Condé-sur-Vire
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, in France
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, the Jesuit father Jean de Brébeuf
Jean de Brébeuf () (25 March 1593 16 March 1649) was a French Jesuit missionary who travelled to New France (Canada) in 1625. There he worked primarily with the Huron for the rest of his life, except for a few years in France from 1629 to 1 ...
(1593-1649) came to New France
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, in 1625. He was a missionary at the Innu
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, near Quebec City
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, then in Huronia where he founded a mission. He was there with Father Gabriel Lalemant
Gabriel Lalemant (; 3 October 1610 – 17 March 1649) was a French Jesuit missionary in New France beginning in 1646. Caught up in warfare between the Huron and nations of the Iroquois Confederacy, he was killed in St. Ignace by Mohawk warri ...
when, on March 16, the Iroquois carried out a deadly attack on the Wendat (Huron) establishments. Fathers Brébeuf and Lalemant are then brought back to mission St. Ignace Mission (region of Midland (Ontario)) where they die after being tortured. Pope Pius XI
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canonized him on June 20, 1930, along with six other Jesuits who were victims of the same fate, between 1642 and 1649.
The toponym "Lac Brébeuf" was formalized on December 5, 1968, by the Commission de toponymie du Québec
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.
See also
* Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality
Le Fjord-du-Saguenay (, ''The Fjord of the Saguenay iver') is a regional county municipality in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Saint-Honoré, which is also its most populous municipality.
It is named for the ...
* Ferland-et-Boilleau, a municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
* Rivière-Éternité, a municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
* Zec du Lac-au-Sable
Zec du Lac-au-Sable is a "zone d'exploitation contrôlée" (controlled harvesting zone) (zec) located in the unorganized territory of Mont-Élie, in Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality, in administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, Quebe ...
, a controlled exploitation zone
Control may refer to:
Basic meanings Economics and business
* Control (management), an element of management
* Control, an element of management accounting
* Comptroller (or controller), a senior financial officer in an organization
* Controlling ...
(zec)
* Saint-Jean River
* Saguenay River
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The Saguenay River (, ) is a major river of Quebec, Canada.
It drains Lac Saint-Jean in the Laurentian Highlands, leaving at Alma and running east; the city of Saguenay is located on the river. It drains into the Saint Lawrence River. ...
Notes and references
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Lakes of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality