Brûlé Lake (: Burnt Lake) is a lake in the

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region of

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, the eastern shore of which marks the boundary with

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(the mainland portion of the province of

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Location

Brûlé Lake is in the unorganized territory of Lac-Jérôme in the Minganie Regional County Municipality. The lake lies at an elevation of . Brûlé Lake is a widening of the

Romaine River The Romaine River (), known also as the Kanatuahkuiau, Uanaman Hipu, and Uepatauekat Shipu, is a river in eastern Canada. It flows from north to south, emptying into the Jacques Cartier Strait in the municipality of Havre-Saint-Pierre. The Roma ...

, which flows south into the Jacques-Cartier Strait west of Havre-Saint-Pierre. The lake is long and wide. It covers an area of nearly . At this point, the Romaine River defines the border between Quebec and Labrador. A map of the

ecological regions of Quebec The Ecological regions of Quebec are regions with specific types of vegetation and climates as defined by the Quebec Ministry of Forests, Wildlife and Parks. Given the size of this huge province, there is wide variation from the temperate deciduou ...

shows the lake in the sub-region 7c-T of the east spruce/lichen subdomain.

Name

The

Innu The Innu/Ilnu ('man, person'), formerly called Montagnais (French for ' mountain people'; ), are the Indigenous Canadians who inhabit northeastern Labrador in present-day Newfoundland and Labrador and some portions of Quebec. They refer to ...

call the lake ''Upuapuhkau Nipi'' or ''Upuâpûhkâu Nipi'', meaning "lake whose perimeter burned in the past". It is also called Apuabushkau or Apuabushkash. In the 19th century, it was called Lacs Brûlés, referring to the connected Brûlé, Lavoie and Anderson lakes. On maps of 1898 and 1907 it is shown as "L. Brulé", then on a map of 1911 as "Burnt Lakes", and in 1924 as "Lac Brulé". There are ninety lakes called Lac Brûlé, Brûlés or Brûlée in Quebec.

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