Lac Sept ÃŽles is a freshwater body straddling the municipalities of
Saint-Ubalde and
Saint-Alban, in the
Portneuf Regional County Municipality
Portneuf () is a regional county municipality (RCM) in the Capitale-Nationale administrative region of Quebec, Canada. RCM of Portneuf has been established on January 1, 1982. It is composed of 21 municipalities: nine cities, seven municipalities, ...
, in the administrative region of
Capitale-Nationale
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, in the
province
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of Quebec, Canada.
Lake Sept ÃŽles is located entirely in the forest. From the nineteenth century, forestry has been the predominant economic activity. In the twentieth century, recreational tourism activities were highlighted. The lake surface is normally frozen from November to April. However, the period of safe circulation on the ice is usually from mid-December to the end of March.
Geography
"Sept ÃŽles Lake" is located 2.3 km southwest of
Long Lake, 2.1 km south of
Montauban Lake, 2.4 km south of
Carillon Lake, 2.5 km east of
Emerald Lake and 1.5 km north of Lac en Coeur.
The "Lac Sept ÃŽles" supplies itself from Lac Carillon, located northwest, whose discharge of 3.5 km flows to the southeast, then to the south. This last lake drinks six small streams. A 360 m strip of land separates it with a bay on the west shore of Lac Montauban. The area north of Sept ÃŽles Lake is marshy.
The mouth of Lac Sept ÃŽles is located at the bottom of a bay in the far west. The lake flows into the
Weller River
The Weller River (Stream) is a tributary left bank of the Blanche River (Saint-Casimir), Blanche River (St-Casimir) whose confluence is found east of the municipality of Saint-Ubalde, in the Portneuf Regional County Municipality, in the administra ...
which flows a priori for 3.2 km towards the southwest until the outlet of a small lake located upstream. Then, this river flows for one kilometer south to Lake Weller (length: 0.84 km oriented southwest) whose shape resembles a drum stick. The current crosses it almost over its full length. Then this river generally flows in an agricultural area to the south-east, then south to the
Blanche River.
Toponymy
The toponym "Lac Sept ÃŽles" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Place Names Bank of 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 - Bank of Place Names - Toponym: "Lac Sept Îles"
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References
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Lakes of Capitale-Nationale