Nemenjiche Lake Explained

Nemenjiche Lake
Location:Baie-James
Type:Natural
Outflow:Nemenjiche River
Pushpin Map:Quebec
Basin Countries:Canada

Lake Nemenjiche is a freshwater body of the southern part of Eeyou Istchee Baie-James, in the administrative region of Nord-du-Québec, in the province of Quebec, Canada.

Forestry is the main economic activity of the sector. Recreational tourism activities come second.

The hydrographic slope of Lake Nemenjiche is accessible through a forest road coming from the Northeast, coming off route 167. The surface of Lake Nemenjiche is usually frozen from early November to mid-May, however, safe ice circulation is generally from mid-November to mid-April.

Geography

This lake has a length of in the North-South direction, a maximum width of and an altitude of .

This lake is located at on the West side of the line between the Regional County Municipality (RCM) of Le Domaine-du-Roy and the Eeyou Istchee Baie-James; this demarcation constitutes the watershed between the James Bay side and the Lac Saint-Jean slope.

Of elongated shape in the North-South direction, this lake comprises about forty islands. It is supplied by the North by the discharge of a few small unidentified lakes and by the West by five unidentified lakes.

Lake Nemenjiche is the head lake of the river of the same name. The mouth of this lake is located at the bottom of a bay on the West Bank at:

The main hydrographic slopes near Lake Nemenjiche are:

Toponymy

The toponym "lac Nemenjiche" was made official on December 5, 1968 by the Commission de toponymie du Québec, when it was created.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Distances measured from the Atlas of Canada (published on the Internet) of the Ministry of Resources of Canada.
  2. http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/=ToposWeb=/Fiche.aspx?No_seq=43735 Commission de toponymie du Quebec - List of place names - Toponym: "Lake Nemenjiche"