Lake Wickenden
| Lake Wickenden | |
|---|---|
| Location | Anticosti Island, Saint Lawrence River, Minganie Regional County Municipality, Quebec |
| Coordinates | 49°33′08″N 63°03′51″W / 49.55222°N 63.06417°W |
| Primary outflows | Jupiter River |
| Basin countries | Canada |
Lake Wickenden is the largest lake on Anticosti Island in the Saint Lawrence River, Quebec, Canada. Glacially formed, it is drained by the Jupiter River. Together with the surrounding 69,111 hectares it was designated by WCPA as a protected area on 1 January 1993.[1]
The lake was named after Henri Robert Wickenden who worked on Anticosti Island for the Wayagamack Paper Corporation in the 1920s.
References
External links
- Dubois, Jean-Marie. "Lake Wickenden - Aerial photo of the area around the lake". Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
- Dubois, Jean-Marie. "Image of materials displaced by the movement of glacial blocks from the shore of Lake Wickenden". Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
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