The lac Huard is a

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crossed by the

Huard River The Huard River is a tributary of the Ha! Ha! River, Flowing in the municipality of Ferland-et-Boilleau, in the Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, in the province of Queb ...

, in the catchment area of the Ha! Ha! River and

Saguenay River __NOTOC__ 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. ...

. This body of water is located in the

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of Ferland-et-Boilleau, in the

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 ...

, in the administrative region of

Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean (, ) is a region in Quebec, Canada on the Labrador Peninsula. It contains the Saguenay Fjord, the estuary of the Saguenay River, stretching through much of the region. It is also known as Sagamie in French, from the fi ...

, in the

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, in

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. A few secondary forest roads allow access to the Lac Huard watershed; these roads connect to route 381 (north-south direction) which runs along the Ha! Ha! River. These roads allow forestry and recreational tourism activities.Open Street Map - Accessed January 12, 2019
/ref> Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second. The surface of Lake Huard is usually frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, however the safe circulation on the ice is generally made from mid-December to mid-March.

Geography

The "Lac Huard" is located in the southeastern part of the municipality of Ferland-et-Boilleau, about north of the boundary of the administrative regions of

and of the

Capitale-Nationale Capitale-Nationale (; ) is one of the 17 administrative regions of Quebec. It is anchored by the provincial capital, Quebec City, and is largely coextensive with that city's metropolitan area. It has a land area of 18,684.78 km2. It reported ...

. The main watersheds near Lake Huard are: * north side:

, Ha! Ha! River, Berger lake, Belle Truite lake, lac des Cèdres, rivière des Cèdres, Bras de Ross, Pierre River; * East side: Lac Charny, Lac de la Grosse Cabane, ruisseau John, Cami River, rivière à la Catin; * south side: Ha! Ha! River,

Lake Ha! Ha! Lake Ha! Ha! (, ) is a waterbody tributary of the Ha! Ha! River. It is located in the municipality of Ferland-et-Boilleau, Quebec, in the Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality (MRC), in administrative region of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jea ...

Petit lac Ha! Ha! Petit lac Ha! Ha! (, ) is a freshwater lake in the Ferland-et Boilleau municipality, in the administrative region of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. It is located on the east side of Lake Ha! Ha! into which it drai ...

, rivière à Pierre,

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, Cruche River,

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; * west side: Pierre river, Ha! Ha! River,

rivière à Mars The Rivière à Mars is a tributary of the Baie des Ha! Ha! Crossing the borough La Baie, in Saguenay (city), in the administrative region of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, in Quebec, in Canada. The "rivière à Mars" is a tributary of the Saguenay R ...

Bras d'Hamel The Bras d'Hamel is a stream flowing in the municipality of Ferland-et-Boilleau (MRC of Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality) and in the city of Saguenay (city), in the administrative region of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, in the provi ...

. The "Lake Huard" has a length of in the shape of a crescent open to the southwest, a maximum width of , an altitude is and an area of . It includes a marsh area around the outlet of "Lac Charny" and "Lac de la Grosse Cabane". Its mouth is located to the northwest, at: * east of the village center of Boileau in the municipality of Ferland-et-Boilleau; * southwest of Lac Charny; * south-east of the dam at the mouth of

which is crossed by the Ha! Ha! River; * north-east of a mountain peak which reaches ; * south-east of the confluence of the Huard river and the Ha! Ha! River; * south-east of the confluence of the Ha! Ha! River And Baie des Ha! Ha!. From the mouth of Lake Huard, the current: * descends the course of the

on towards the northwest; * descends the course of the Ha! Ha! River on towards the northwest; * crosses the Baie des Ha! Ha! on towards the northeast; * descends the course of the

over east 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 the latter river flows into the

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Toponymy

The toponym "Huard Lake" was formalized on January 9, 1986, 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 ...

Notes and references

Appendices

* Ferland-et-Boilleau, a

* Ha! Ha! River * Baie des Ha! Ha! *

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