Lake Nicolet

Lake Nicolet (in French: lac Nicolet) is located 50 km south of Victoriaville, in the municipality of Saints-Martyrs-Canadiens, in Arthabaska Regional County Municipality (MRC), in administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, Canada.

Lake Nicolet
Lake Nicolet seen from Gosford street, near Saints-Martyrs-Canadiens
Lake Nicolet is located in Quebec
Lake Nicolet
Lake Nicolet
LocationCanada, Quebec, Centre-du-Québec, Arthabaska Regional County Municipality
Coordinates45.83°N 71.56028°W / 45.83; -71.56028
Native nameLac Nicolet (French)
Primary outflowsNicolet River
Catchment area9.4 kilometres (5.84 mi)
Max. length5.1 kilometres (3.2 mi)
Max. width1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi)
Surface area4.1 kilometres (2.55 mi)
Average depth17 metres (56 ft)
Max. depth41 metres (135 ft)
Surface elevation350 metres (1,150 ft)
FrozenMid December to end of April
IslandsBoulanger, Linke, L'Heureux, Baril, Michel-Rheault, Rolland.

Lake Nicolet is the source of the Nicolet River which flows 137 kilometres (85 mi) to the southeast shore of lake Saint-Pierre, in Nicolet. The latest is crossed through the North-East by the St. Lawrence River.

This lake is surrounded by Chemin du Lac-Nicolet (north-west side) and Chemin Gosford-Sud (south-east side).

Geography
Lac Nicolet seen from the public wharf in the village of Saints-Martyrs-Canadiens

Lake Nicolet is 5.1 kilometres (3.2 mi) long and 1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi), resembling a misshapen crescent surrounded by mountains. It has seven islands: Boulanger, Baril, Linke, L'Heureux, à Michel-Rheault, Rolland and a little unnamed island. The main mountain peaks around the lake are: Brûlé Mountain (500 metres (1,600 ft)) at 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) on the south side of the bay leading to the mouth of the lake; a 419 metres (1,375 ft) vertex on the west side and another on the southeast side (492 metres (1,614 ft)). This lake has a hundred chalets all around.[1]

Toponymy

The toponym "Lac Nicolet" was made official on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec. [2]

See also

References
  1. "Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada". Retrieved December 31, 2020. Features extracted from the map geographic, database and site instrumentation
  2. Commission de toponymie du Québec - Place name bank - Toponym: "Lac Nicolet"
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