The Launière Lake is a freshwater body crossed by the

Launière River The Launière River is a tributary of the Jacques-Cartier River, flowing in the La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of the Capitale-Nationale, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. This watercourse is l ...

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

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 ...

, in the

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, in Canada. This body of water is located in 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 ...

. The area around the lake is indirectly served by the route 175 which passes at on the east side and runs along the west shore of

Jacques-Cartier Lake The lac Jacques-Cartier, main source of the Jacques-Cartier River, is a glacial lake located in the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve, about 90 km to the north of the city of Quebec, in the unorganized territory of Lac-Jacques-Cartier, in the La ...

. A few secondary forest roads serve this area for forestry and recreational tourism activities.Open Street Map - Accessed January 5, 2020
/ref> Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second. The surface of Lac Launière 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

Lac Launière has a length of , a width of and its surface is at an altitude of . This lake sunk between the mountains is made in length by more or less marrying the shape of the letter L. Lac Launière receives the discharge from Lac La Giroflée on the east side and the discharge from Lac Frazie on the west side. From the mouth of Lac Launière, the current descends on following the course of the

. Then the current follows the course of the

Jacques-Cartier River The Jacques-Cartier River is a river in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is 161 km long and its source is Jacques-Cartier Lake in Laurentides Wildlife Reserve, and flows in a predominantly southern direction before ending in the Saint Lawr ...

for generally south to the northeast bank of the

St. Lawrence river The St. Lawrence River (, ) is a large international river in the middle latitudes of North America connecting the Great Lakes to the North Atlantic Ocean. Its waters flow in a northeasterly direction from Lake Ontario to the Gulf of St. Lawren ...

Toponymy

According to Isaïe Nantais, this toponym recalls a family of gamekeepers who lived for many years at the lake at Christmas, that is, southeast of the mouth of Lac Launière. Thomas-Edmond Giroux reports Michel Launier, of Innu origin, had his hunting territory there. It is designated on the map of Commissioner Flynn, of the Crown Lands department, in 1896, in the form "Lac à Launier". The first mention in the form "Lac Launière" was noted on a map in 1915.Source: Giroux, Thomas-Edmond. From Quebec to Lac Saint-Jean (...) Jesuit trails, Chicoutimi, Éditions Science Moderne, 1977, p. 40 and following. The toponym Lac Launière 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 ...

.Commission de toponymie du Québec - Lac Launière - accessed on February 5, 2019
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References

External links

Official website of Laurentides Wildlife Reserve
{{DEFAULTSORT:Launiere, lake La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality Laurentides Wildlife Reserve

Geography

Toponymy

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