Lac des Cèdres (rivière des Cèdres)

The "Lac des Cèdres" is the head of the Rivière des Cèdres, in the watershed of Ha! Ha! River And Saguenay River. This body of water straddles the municipality of Ferland-et-Boilleau and Saint-Félix-d'Otis, in the Fjord-du-Saguenay, in the administrative region of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, in province of Quebec, in Canada.

Lac des Cèdres
Lac des Cèdres
Location in Quebec
LocationFerland-et-Boilleau and Saint-Félix-d'Otis
Coordinates48.24°N 70.74445°W / 48.24; -70.74445
Lake typeNatural
Primary inflowslac de camp (North side),
« La Filée des Trois Petits Lacs » (North side)
lac Barbé (North side),
lac de la Grenouille (East side),
lac Gamelin (South side),
lac Murphy (South side)
Primary outflowsRivière des Cèdres
Basin countriesCanada
Max. length6.4 km (4.0 mi)
Max. width2.0 km (1.2 mi)
Surface elevation232 m (761 ft)

A few secondary forest roads allow access to the Lac des Cèdres watershed; these roads connect to route 381 (north-south direction) which runs along the Ha! Ha! River. These roads allow forestry and recreational tourism activities.[1]

Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second.

The surface of Lac des Cèdres 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 des Cèdres is located about 25.1 km (15.6 mi) north of the boundary of the administrative regions of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean. The main hydrographic slopes near Lac des Cèdres are:

The "Lac des Cèdres" has a length of 6.4 km (4.0 mi) in the shape of a deformed starfish, a maximum width of 2.0 km (1.2 mi), an altitude is 232 km (144 mi) and an area of . It is fed by the camp lake (north side), "La Filée des Trois Petits Lacs" (north side), Lac Barbé (north side), "Lac de la Grenouille" (east side), Lac Gamelin (south side) and Murphy Lake (south side). Its mouth is located to the northwest, at:

From the mouth of "Lac des Cèdres", the current:

Toponymy

The toponym "lac des Cèdres" was formalized on December 12, 1985, by the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]

Notes and references

  1. Open Street Map - Accessdate January 12, 2019
  2. "lac des Cèdres". Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved January 12, 2019.

See also

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