De La Galette Lake

The Lac de la Galette (English: "De La Galette Lake") is a freshwater body of the town of La Tuque, in Haute-Mauricie, forming a bay on the south shore of Gouin Reservoir and west of the upper Saint-Maurice River, in the administrative region of Mauricie, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.

De La Galette Lake
Watershed of Saint-Maurice River
De La Galette Lake
Location	La Tuque
Coordinates	48°17′25″N 74°27′27″W
Type	Natural
Primary inflows	(clockwise) Leblanc River (Gouin Reservoir); De La Galette River (Gouin Reservoir); outlet of lake Delage).
Primary outflows	Gouin Reservoir.
Basin countries	Canada
Max. length	7.8 kilometres (4.8 mi)
Max. width	2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi)
Surface elevation	402 metres (1,319 ft)

This lake is mainly located in the township of Delage, except for a bay on the east shore that receives the waters of the Leblanc River (Gouin Reservoir), which penetrates eastward into the township of Leblanc. Following the erection completed in 1948 of the Gouin dam, the "Lac de la Galette" became an extension of the Bouzanquet Bay which is an extension to the south of Gouin Reservoir.

Forestry is the main economic activity of the sector. Recreational tourism activities come second.

The route 400, connecting the Gouin Dam to the village of Parent, Quebec, serves the valleys of the De La Galette River (Gouin Reservoir) and the Leblanc River (Gouin Reservoir); this road also serves the peninsula which stretches north in the Gouin Reservoir on 30.1 kilometres (18.7 mi). Some secondary forest roads are in use nearby for forestry and recreational tourism activities.

The surface of the "De La Galette Lake" is usually frozen from mid-November to the end of April, however, safe ice circulation is generally from early December to late March.