The Jacqueline Lake (French: Lac Jacqueline) is a fresh

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from the catchment area of the Rivière aux Écorces, of the

Pikauba River The Pikauba River is a tributary of Kenogami Lake, flowing in the province of Quebec in Canada, in the administrative regions of: * Capitale-Nationale: in the unorganized territory of Lac-Pikauba, in the Charlevoix Regional County Municipality; * ...

and

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, in the unorganized territory of Lac-Jacques-Cartier, in the

La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality La Côte-de-Beaupré () is a regional county municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Château-Richer. Its most populous community is the municipality of Boischatel. Subdivisions There are 11 subdivisions withi ...

, in the administrative region of

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, in the

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, in Canada. The area around the lake is served indirectly by the route 175 which passes on the east side, for the needs of recreational tourism activities, especially vacationing. A secondary forest road passes between Lake Jacqueline and Lake Germain.Open Street Map - Accessdate December 28, 2019
/ref> Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second. The surface of Lake Jacqueline 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 main watersheds near Lake Jacqueline are: * north side:

Rivière aux Écorces North-East The rivière aux Écorces North-East is a tributary of the rivière aux Écorces (Pikauba River), rivière aux Écorces, flowing in the unorganized territories of Lac-Jacques-Cartier, Quebec, Lac-Jacques-Cartier, the La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional ...

, Simard stream, Madeleine stream,

; * east side: Pies stream, Hell stream,

rivière aux Écorces North-East The rivière aux Écorces North-East is a tributary of the rivière aux Écorces (Pikauba River), rivière aux Écorces, flowing in the unorganized territories of Lac-Jacques-Cartier, Quebec, Lac-Jacques-Cartier, the La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional ...

; * south side: Launière River, Launière lake, Cavée River, Jacques-Cartier North-West River; * west side: Delphis brook, Joyal brook, rivière aux Écorces du Milieu,

, Kane brook, Gravel brook. Lac Jacqueline has a length of , a width of and an altitude of . This lake is mainly fed by riparian streams, by the outlet (coming from the east) of Lory Lake and by a stream (coming from the southeast). This lake is surrounded by mountains on the east and south sides, whose summits reach to the northeast, to the east and to the south. The dam at the mouth of Jacqueline Lake is located to the northwest, at: * south-east of the confluence of the outlet of Lake Jacqueline and the

; * north-east of Franchère Lake; * north-west of the dam at the mouth of Honorine Lake which is the head lake of the Launière River; * south-west of the course of the

; * south-west of route 175; * north-east of the confluence of the

and the Rivière aux Écorces. From the mouth of Lake Jacqueline, the current follows the course of the

consecutively over generally west, the course of the rivière aux Écorces on generally west, then north, the course of the

on generally towards the northeast, crosses

Kenogami Lake Kenogami lake is a long lake in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of south-central Quebec, Canada. Situated at an altitude of , the lake is long and deep. "Kénogami" means "long lake" in the Montagnais dialect and was originally used to ref ...

on towards the northeast until barrage de Portage-des-Roches, then follows the course of the

Chicoutimi River The Chicoutimi River is a watercourse of eastern Quebec, Canada. A tributary of the Saguenay River, which it meets in the city of Saguenay, Quebec, Saguenay, it is the main outlet of Kenogami Lake, which rises from a watershed of in the Laurentid ...

on to the east, then the northeast and the course of the

on 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 it merges with the Saint Lawrence estuary.

Toponymy

The term "Jacqueline" is a first name of French origin. The toponym "Lac Jacqueline" 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 ...

Geography

Toponymy

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