The Lake Édouard () is a lake in

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun ...

, in

province of Quebec Quebec is Canada's largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, New Brunswick to the southeast and a coastal border ...

, in the municipality of Lac-Édouard 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 ...

. The entire area of this lake is located in the municipality of Lac-Édouard.

Geography

This lake is the head of the valley of the

Batiscanie, Quebec Batiscanie, a vernacular name, of a territory located in the Mauricie region, divided between the RCMs of Les Chenaux, Portneuf and Mékinac, in Quebec, Canada. The name Batiscanie evokes, without geopositioning it, the territory of the Bat ...

. This lake has the distinction of having two emissaries:

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 Jeannotte River. The main tributary of the lake is the Rats River whose headwater lake is Rats Lake; the river flows north-east before turning south to empty into the Rats Bay, located in the western part of the lake. The lake has several other bays, such as Power, the Bouquet, Great Bay, Steamboat, Round and Gull Rock. Lake Édouard has several islands including the three largest that are located southwest of Lake: Hoffman Island, the island Turner and Ziegfeld. Ecological Reserve Judith de Brésoles is situated on the east side of the lake, around the "Lac Mauvais" (lake Wrong). The Zec Besonne is located in the southern part of the lake, close to the Zec Jeannotte. The village of

Lac-Édouard, Quebec Lac-Édouard () is a municipality (Quebec), municipality in the Mauricie Quebec region, region of the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec in Canada. Its village centre is located along the Canadian National Railway at the nort ...

is located in the northeast of the lake, near the mouth that flows into a series of lake forming head to the

Batiscan Batiscan (or Batisquan) was a chief of the Algonquin people in the area of Trois-Rivières, Quebec around 1610 to 1629. He met the explorer Samuel de Champlain upon his return to Quebec in 1610 and held a feast for him. In 1611, Samuel de Champla ...

Toponymy

Its name is in use since 1828 by the surveyor Joseph Bouchette and would come from Édouard Jeannotte, a trapper living in

, a parish at the mouth of

. The lake's name is also attested in

Montagnais The Innu/Ilnu ('man, person'), formerly called Montagnais (French for 'mountain people'; ), are the Indigenous Canadians who inhabit northeastern Labrador in present-day Newfoundland and Labrador and some portions of Quebec. They refer to t ...

language as "Etoolsakigan", which also means "Lac Édouard".

History

The forestry industry was very important around Lac Édouard, since the arrival of the train in the 1890. The loggers were active on the lake to transport timber to the sawmill with pulling boats with cables surrounding floating logs. In 1901, a terrible forest fire destroy the forest around the lake and forced the lay-off for 1000 workers of the Lac-Édouard sawmill.

Sources

Lake Edward - Directory of Quebec Municipalities

Commission de toponymie du Québec (Geographical Names Board of Québec

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Edward Lake Lakes of Mauricie Landforms of La Tuque, Quebec

Geography

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