| Damville Lake | |
| Location: | Rivière-Mistassini, Maria-Chapdelaine Regional County Municipality (RCM), Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, Canada |
| Type: | Natural |
| Outflow: | Normandin River |
| Basin Countries: | Canada |
| Pushpin Map: | Quebec |
Damville Lake is a freshwater body of the Rivière-Mistassini, unorganized territory of the Maria-Chapdelaine Regional County Municipality, north-west of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean administrative region, in province of Quebec, Canada.
Forestry is the main economic activity of the sector. Recreational tourism activities come second.
Some secondary forest roads serve the vicinity of the lake; these forest roads are mainly attached to the forest road R0202 which runs along the west shore of the lake.
This lake has a length of oriented north-west, a maximum width of and an altitude of . The "Black Spruce Mountain" is located on the east side of the lake. A peninsula attached to the east bank stretches for to the northwest. This lake has seven large bays. This lake is mainly fed by a stream (coming from the north), by the outlet (coming from the north) from Clair, Long and Éric lakes, as well as the outlet (coming from the southeast) from several lakes.
The mouth of Lake Damville is located at:
The main hydrographic slopes near Lake Damville are:
From the mouth of Damville Lake (located at the bottom of the north-west bay of the lake), the current crosses an extension of of the lake; then descends the course of the rivière aux Brochets on toward south-west; descends the Ashuapmushuan River on, the current crosses Lac Saint-Jean east on (its full length), follows the course of the Saguenay River via the Petite Décharge on east to Tadoussac where it merges with the Estuary of Saint Lawrence.[1]
The term "Damville" refers to an old French commune in the Eure department in the Normandy region.
The toponym "Lac Ashuapmushuan" was formalized on June 18, 1993, by the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]