Simoncouche Lake

The Simoncouche Lake is a fresh body of water crossed by the Simoncouche River on the watershed of the Saguenay River. The Simoncouche Lake straddles the unorganized territory of Lac-Ministuk, and that of the city of Saguenay, in the administrative region of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.

Simoncouche Lake
Simoncouche Lake
LocationSaguenay / Lac-Ministuk, Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec
Coordinates48.23111°N 71.25083°W / 48.23111; -71.25083
TypeNaturel
Primary inflowsSimoncouche River
Primary outflowsSimoncouche River
Basin countriesCanada
Max. length3.2 km (2.0 mi)
Max. width0.5 km (0.31 mi)
Surface area57 km2 (22 sq mi)
Shore length1catchment
Surface elevation339 m (1,112 ft)
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Lac Simoncouche is located in the northwestern part of the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve, as well as in the Simoncouche teaching and research forest (FERS) of the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi. The FERS covers an area of 27 square kilometers. A rest area has been built near the Québec-Chicoutimi road, allowing you to appreciate the wilderness of the site.

This small valley is served by the route 170 (boulevard Talbot) and some secondary roads for the needs of forestry, recreational tourism activities.[1]

Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second.

The surface of Lake Simoncouche is usually frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, however the safe circulation on the ice is generally made from mid-December to mid-March.

Geography

The main watersheds near Lake Simoncouche are:

The Lake Simoncouche has a length of 3.2 km (2.0 mi), a width of 0.5 km (0.31 mi) and an altitude of 339 m (1,112 ft). This lake is made in length by a widening of the Simoncouche River which crosses it towards the north; this lake has three parts formed by two narrowing. This lake is located in the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve in the massif of Laurentian Mountains.

This lake is mainly fed by the Simoncouche River (coming from the south) and by the outlet (coming from the east) from Lac du Dépôt and Lac Hautbois. The mouth of this lake is located at:

From the mouth of Lake Simoncouche, the current follows the course of the Simoncouche River consecutively over 7.9 km (4.9 mi) north to the confluence with Kenogami Lake; it crosses this lake for 3.2 km (2.0 mi) north-east to Portage-des-Roches dam; it follows the course of the Chicoutimi River on 26.2 km (16.3 mi) to the east, then the northeast and the course of the Saguenay River on 114.6 km (71.2 mi) east to Tadoussac where it merges with the Saint Lawrence estuary.[2]

Toponymy

The name "Lac Simoncouche" appeared in the Dictionary of Rivers and Lakes of the Province of Quebec in 1914, when the river was called "Moncouche". These two toponymic names seem popular, as much for the river as the bay; the most commonly used designations have been formalized.

The name Moncouche comes from Muakush, an Amerindian word meaning sea eagle. The origin of the first syllable "si" is unknown as is its meaning.[3]

The toponym Lac Simoncouche was formalized on December 5, 1968, by the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[4]

See also

References
  1. Open Street Map - Accessed January 26, 2019
  2. "Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada - Characteristics extracted from the geographic map, the database and the instrumentation of the site". Retrieved January 27, 2019.
  3. Source: Names and places of Quebec, work of the Commission de toponymie published in 1994 and 1996 in the form of a printed illustrated dictionary, and in that of a CD-ROM produced by the company Micro-Intel, in 1997, from this dictionary.
  4. "Simoncouche Lake". Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved January 26, 2019.
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