Lac Sauvage (Saint-Faustin–Lac-Carré)

Lac Sauvage (English: Wild lake) is a freshwater lake in the Saint-Faustin–Lac-Carré municipality of Quebec, Canada.

Lac Sauvage
Lac Sauvage
LocationBas-Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada
Coordinates46°03′01″N 74°31′19″W
TypeFreshwater lake
Basin countriesCanada
Managing agencyOrganisme de bassins versants des rivières Rouge, Petite Nation et Saumon (OBV RPNS)
Surface area50 ha (120 acres)
Max. depth13.8 m (45 ft)
Water volume4.9 million cubic metres (4,000 acre⋅ft)
Surface elevation319 m (1,047 ft)
References[1]

A sealed road circumnavigates all but the Western shore of the lake, serving the cottages of the local residents. Powered craft such as motorboats have been forbidden since 1990.[2]

Northern side
Southern side

See also

References

  1. "Lac Sauvage". L'Atlas des lacs des Laurentides (in French). Conseil régional de l’environnement des Laurentides. 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  2. Service de l’urbanisme et de l’environnement. "Lac Sauvage" (PDF) (in French). Municipalité de Saint-Faustin Lac-Carré. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-08-09.
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