Du Poète Lake is a freshwater lake that has become the "Du Poète Reservoir", located west of the

Gouin Reservoir The Gouin Reservoir (, ) is a reservoir (water), man-made lake, fully within the boundaries of the La Tuque, Quebec, City of La Tuque, Quebec, Canada. It is not one contiguous body of water, but the collective name for a series of connected lake ...

, in the territory of the city of

La Tuque La Tuque ( , , ) is a city located in north-central Quebec, Canada, on the Saint-Maurice River, between Trois-Rivières and Chambord. The population was 11,129 at the 2021 Canadian census, most of which live within the urban area. At over , i ...

, in the administrative region of

Mauricie Mauricie () is a traditional and current administrative region of Quebec. La Mauricie National Park is contained within the region, making tourism in Mauricie popular. The region has a land area of 35,860.05 km2 (13,845.64 sq mi) and a popu ...

, in the

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, in

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. This lake extends entirely in the canton of Poisson. This lake, which is part of the natural course of 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 collects the waters of the

Suzie River The Suzie River is a tributary of the Mégiscane River flowing into the municipality of Senneterre in La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality (RCM), in the administrative region Abitibi-Témiscamingue, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. ...

by artificial deviation. It is famous thanks to the Mégiscane Dam, built to its natural mouth. This dam was erected in 1954 to divert current from

and from the upper part of the

to an eastbound diversion channel to the

, thereby further feeding downstream the hydroelectric power stations on the

Saint-Maurice River The Saint-Maurice River (, ; ) is one of the main tributaries of the St. Lawrence River, after the Ottawa River, Ottawa and the Saguenay River, Saguenay Rivers and drains an area of 42,735 km2. It touches the Lac Saint-Jean, Lake Saint John waters ...

. Hydropower is the main economic activity of the sector. Forestry and recreational tourism activities, second. The "Du Poète Lake" hydrographic slope is served on the North side by a forest road (East-West direction) serving the Mégiscane Dam, as well as by the forest road R1009 (North-South direction) serving the West of the

. The "Du Poète Lake" surface is usually frozen from mid-November to the end of April, but safe ice circulation is generally from early December to late March. This body of water is of the nivo-rainwater type; the water level varies depending on the auxiliary weir east of "Du Poète Lake" and the weir of the Mégiscane Dam.

Geography

Toponymy

The French toponym "lac du Poète" was formalized on 5 décembre 1968 by the

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, eg at its creation.Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of place names – French toponym: "lac du Poète" (English: “Lake of the Poet”).
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Geography

Toponymy

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