| Franchère Lake | |
| Pushpin Map: | Quebec |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Quebec |
| Location: | Lac-Jacques-Cartier (TNO), La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality, Capitale-Nationale, Quebec, Canada |
| Coords: | 47.7353°N -71.4439°W |
| Lake Type: | Natural |
| Inflow: | Rivière aux Écorces du Milieu, discharge of lac Ballon. |
| Outflow: | Rivière aux Écorces du Milieu |
| Basin Countries: | Canada |
| Length: | 2.7km (01.7miles) |
| Width: | 0.9km (00.6miles) |
| Area: | NaNkm2 |
| Depth: | NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet) |
| Max-Depth: | NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet) |
| Elevation: | 803m (2,635feet) |
The Franchère Lake (French: Lac Franchère) is a fresh water body located in the head zone of the rivière aux Écorces du Milieu, in the unorganized territory of Lac-Jacques-Cartier, in the La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in Quebec, Canada. Lac Franchère is part of the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve.
The area around the lake is served by secondary forest roads for forestry and recreational tourism activities.[1] Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second.
The surface of Lac Franchère is usually frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, however the safe circulation on the ice is generally done from mid-December to mid-March.
The main watersheds near Lac Franchère are:
Lac Franchère has a length of, a width of and an altitude of . This lake is mainly supplied by the outlet of Lac Ballon, as well as the outlet of Lakes Day and Germain. The mouth of Lac Franchère is located at:
From the mouth of Lac Franchère, the current follows the course of:
The toponym Lac Franchère was formalized on December 5, 1968, by the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[3]