Batiscan Lake
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The Batiscan Lake is located in Upper Batiscanie and is the limit of unorganized territories of Lac-Blanc (White Lake) and Lac-Croche is related to the La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality, in the province of Quebec, Canada. Shaped in length, the size of the lake is 6.35 km by 0.5 km at the widest.[1] The Batiscan Lake is located just outside the southwest boundary of the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve. The area of the lake is part of the administrative region of the National Capital.
Fueled mainly by the Croche River northeast and the Moses River in the north, Batiscan lake drains into the River Lightning which joined Template:Unit to the west, the Batiscan River. The Croche River is powered by the Lac Croche. The Moses River is powered by Moses Lake which in turn is fed by three rivers.
Toponymy
In 1873, the Surveyor Pascal Dumais Horace wrote that the heights of the lake, you could see the mountain range west of the Saint-Maurice River, the whole area of Lac-Édouard, Quebec, the valley of the Bostonians River and that of the Métabetchouane.[2]
The name "Batiscan Lake" was officially registered at the Commission de toponymie du Québec, as of December 5, 1968. The name "Batiscan Lake" is sometimes confused in the use of the place name "Petit Lac Batiscan", which is located in the municipality of Saint-Raymond. Batiscan lake is considered the second head of the river of the same name, especially through the Moses River and other rivers that feed it. French place names in Canada, it is natural to associate the name for a lake head and toponym discharge.
See also
- Batiscanie, Quebec
- Batiscan River
- Lightning River
- Croche River
- Moses River
- Portneuf Wildlife Reserve
- Laurentides Wildlife Reserve
- White River ZEC
MRC and municipalities :
- La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality
- La Tuque
- Municipality of Lac-Édouard
References
- ^ Research conducted by historian Gaetan Veillette (Saint-Hubert, QC) from the maps of the territory
- ^ Geographical Names Board of Canada, names and places of Quebec, the work of the Geographical Names Board published in 1994 and 1996 in the form of an illustrated dictionary printed, and in the CD-ROM produced by Micro - Intel in 1997 from the dictionary.