Gregory Lake (La Jacques-Cartier) Explained

Gregory Lake
Pushpin Map:Quebec
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Quebec
Location:Lac-Croche (TNO), La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality (MRC), Capitale-Nationale
Coords:47.3553°N -71.5895°W
Lake Type:Natural
Inflow:(Clockwise from the mouth) Tourilli River, outlet of Lac des Doradilles, the outlet of a group of lakes including Hunau, Crochetière and Pleurotes, and the outlet of lakes Fruze, Chesnay, Godman, Etheleen, Petit lac Etheleen and du Piedmont
Outflow:Tourilli River
Basin Countries:Canada
Length:2.3km (01.4miles)
Width:1.1km (00.7miles)
Area:NaNha
Depth:NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet)
Max-Depth:NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet)
Elevation:634m (2,080feet)
Islands:3

Lac Gregory is a body of fresh water crossed from north to south by the Tourilli River, located in the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve, in the unorganized territory of Lac-Croche, in the La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality, administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in province from Quebec, to Canada.

The watershed of Gregory Lake is served by a few secondary forest roads for the needs of forestry and recreational tourism activities.[1]

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

The surface of Lake Gregory is generally frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March; safe circulation on the ice is generally done from the end of December to the beginning of March.

Geography

Lake Gregory has a length of, a width of and its surface is at an altitude of . This lake between the mountains is akin to the following three bays:

The mouth of Gregory Lake is located northeast of Tourilli Lake, west of the course of Jacques-Cartier River and north of the confluence of the Tourilli River and the Sainte-Anne River.[2]

From the mouth of Gregory Lake, the current descends on generally towards the south, following the course of the Tourilli river to its confluence with the Sainte-Anne River; thence, the current generally flows south along the current of the Sainte-Anne river to the northeast bank of the Saint-Laurent river.[2]

Toponymy

The toponym "Lac Gregory" was formalized on December 5, 1968, by the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[3]

See also

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. https://tools.wmflabs.org/osm4wiki/cgi-bin/wiki/wiki-osm.pl?project=en&article=Lac_Gregory Open Street Map - Accessed February 7, 2020
  2. https://atlas.gc.ca/toporama/en/index.html Atlas of Canada - Department of Natural Resources Canada - Gregory Lake - Length of segments established using the distance measurement application
  3. http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/toposweb/Fiche.aspx?no_seq=79848 Commission de toponymie du Québec - Lac Gregory - accessed February 7, 2020