Ouiatchouan Lake
lake in Quebec, Canada
The Lac Ouiatchouan (old appellation: Lac Ouiatchouane) is a body of fresh water located in ranges V and V1, in the municipality of Lac-Bouchette, in the MRC Le Domaine-du-Roy Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. This lake located in the heart of the village of Lac-Bouchette is characterized by recreational and tourist activities, in an agricultural and forestry environment.
Geography
Located in the township of Dablon, lac Ouiatchouan extends from ranges V to range VI. With a length of 2.1 km (1.3 mi) in the north–south direction and a maximum width of 0.9 km (0.56 mi), Ouiatchouane Lake turns out to be a bulge of the Ouiatchouan River. It receives its water through the channel located to the southwest which connects it to lac Bouchette. End to end, these two twinned lakes form a body of water 6.3 km (3.9 mi) long. A narrow 0.5 km isthmus which is crossed on the west side by a channel of about 250 m long designated the "Pass", separates the lakes Bouchette and Ouiatchouane. The Hermitage road crosses this isthmus from East to West, towards the Ermitage Saint-Antoine located west of the lake, near the Ouiatchouan River.
The waters supplying Lake Ouiatchouan come from Lac des Commissaires, which flows into the Rivière des Commissaires which flows for 3 km north-east at the limit of ranges V1 and V11. The plans of the Mapping Service of the Ministry of Energy and Resources of the Government of Quebec indicate this segment of the river as the Ouiatchouan River. This river flows into the lac Bouchette, which flows into Lake Ouiatchouane.
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