The lac à Mars is a fresh
body of water
A body of water or waterbody is any significant accumulation of water on the surface of Earth or another planet. The term most often refers to oceans, seas, and lakes, but it includes smaller pools of water such as ponds, wetlands, or more rare ...
in the watershed of the
rivière à Mars North-West, the
rivière à Mars and 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. ...
. This body of water is located in the unorganized territory of
Lac-Pikauba, in the
Charlevoix Regional County Municipality
Charlevoix is a regional county municipality () in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Baie-Saint-Paul.
Subdivisions
There are seven subdivisions within the RCM:
;Cities & Towns (1)
* Baie-Saint-Paul
;Municipalities ...
, 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
province
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of
Quebec
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, in Canada. Lac à Mars is located in the central eastern part of the
Laurentides Wildlife Reserve
Réserve faunique des Laurentides (), also known by its former name of parc des Laurentides, is a List of protected areas of Quebec, wildlife reserve in Quebec, Canada, located between Quebec City and the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region. This r ...
.
Upstream of the port, industrial and urban area, the
rivière à Mars valley is mainly served by the Consol Paper road. The rivière à Mars North-West is served by a few other secondary forest roads 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 the lac à March 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 mouth of Lac à Mars is located about northeast of the boundary of the administrative regions 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 ...
and 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 Mars are:
* north side: Cyriac River
The Rivière Cyriac (also The Cyriac) is a freshwater tributary feeding the Kenogami Lake, flowing in:
* Capitale-Nationale: in the unorganized territory of Lac-Pikauba, Quebec, Lac-Pikauba, in the regional county municipality, MRC of Charlevoix Re ...
, rivière à Mars North-West, rivière à Mars, rivière à Pierre, ruisseau au Goéland;
* east side: rivière à Mars, Raymond lake, Vents lake, Chemin des Canots River;
* south side: Lac des Pas Perdus, Bouleaux lake, Pas Perdus lake, Grand lac des Enfers, Philippe stream, 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 ...
;
* west side: Pikauba Lake, Davis lake, Fortier lake, Claveau brook, Noir brook, Apica River.[
Lac à Mars has a length of in the shape of a woman's head seen in semi-profile, a maximum width of , an altitude is and an area of . This lake has a narrow bay stretching to the east. It also has a narrowing to in its southern part. A peninsula attached to the eastern shore stretching on in the shape of a hook causes another narrowing in the northern part of the lake. The mouth of this lake is located at the bottom of a bay on the north shore, at:
* east of a mountain peak reaching ;
* north of Lac des Bouleaux;
* west of the course of the rivière à Mars;
* east of a bay on Pikauba Lake;
* south of the confluence of the rivière à Mars North-West and the rivière à Mars;
* south-east of downtown Saguenay (city).]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 eastwards 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
The St. Lawrence River Estuary is an estuary at the mouth of the St. Lawrence River. It stretches 655 km from west to east, from the outlet of Lake Saint Pierre to Pointe-des-Monts, where it becomes the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in Quebec, Canada. ...
.[
]
Toponymy
The place names “Rivière à Mars”, “Rivière à Mars Nord-Ouest” and “Lac à Mars” have the same origin.
The toponym "lac à Mars" 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 ...
.
References
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Lakes of Capitale-Nationale
Charlevoix Regional County Municipality
Laurentides Wildlife Reserve