Lake Charest (Mékinac) is located in the area Montauban-les-Mines, in the municipality of

Notre-Dame-de-Montauban Notre-Dame-de-Montauban () is a municipality in the Mauricie region in Quebec, Canada. The municipality is on the northern edge of Mékinac Regional County Municipality and the administrative region of Mauricie and includes the population centre ...

, in the

Mékinac Regional County Municipality Mékinac () is a regional county municipality (RCM) of 5,607 km2 located in the administrative region of Mauricie, along the Saint-Maurice River, which also crosses the RCM from one end to the other, and the Matawin River, a tributary of ...

(RCM), in the extreme east of 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

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Geography

Lake Charest is located just east of the mining village of Montautan-les-Mines. It is located close to the limit of Saint-Ubalde. The lake turns to be the head of the Charest River which, a priori, flows south-west over 1.5 kilometers in the territory of

until the limit of Saint-Ubalde. In Saint-Ubalde’s territory, the river flows through the rows Saint-Paul, Saint-Achilles and Sainte-Anne, going gradually away from the boundaries of the

Lac-aux-Sables Lac-aux-Sables () is a parish municipality in the Mékinac Regional County Municipality (MRC de Mékinac), in administrative district of the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada. Its population centres are Lac-aux-Sables and He ...

. In his course in Saint-Ubalde, the river recovers waters of fews lakes, including Sainte-Anne and "à la Perchaude" (perch). Then the river flows south-east (almost in parallel to the

Batiscan River Batiscan River () has its source in the region of Lac Édouard, in the Laurentians Mountains, the Batiscan River flows over a length of 177 km. It receives water from numerous tributaries, including, in its upper reach, the Rivière aux É ...

) and through 16 lots in the row Price in the eastern section of

Saint-Adelphe Saint-Adelphe () is a parish municipality located in the Mékinac Regional County Municipality (RCM), located in Mauricie, Quebec province, Canada. Usage includes Saint-Adelphe in the Batiscanie, common name to refer to the region. In 1885, t ...

, where its course becomes very coil down to its mouth. The shape of the lake Charest resembles to a pear which is raising his hat, and the top facing north. Lake Charest has a length of 0.56 km and a maximum width of 0.27 km. Streets "Des Écureuils" (Squirrels), "du camping" et "Saint-Paul" are surrounding Charest lake.

Toponymy

The name "Lake Charest" was officially registered on December 4, 1982 at the Bank of place names of

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 ...

(Geographical Names Board of Québec). The name "River Charest" takes its name from headwater lake of the same name. Formerly the lake Charest was designated "lake Narcisse"; this name appears on some old maps of the area.

References

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Geography

Toponymy

See also

References