| Petit lac Batiscan | |
| Pushpin Map: | Quebec |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Quebec |
| Location: | Saint-Raymond, Portneuf Regional County Municipality, Capitale-Nationale |
| Coords: | 47.0858°N -72.0181°W |
| Lake Type: | Natural |
| Inflow: | (Clockwise, from the confluence) Discharge from Lake Hamilton, discharge from Lakes Paquet and Égry, discharge from a set of lakes including Lac à Pierre, discharge from Petit lac des Neiges, discharge from an unidentified lake. |
| Outflow: | Petite rivière Batiscan |
| Basin Countries: | Canada |
| Length: | 4km (02miles) |
| Width: | 1.7km (01.1miles) |
| Area: | NaNha |
| Depth: | NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet) |
| Max-Depth: | NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet) |
| Elevation: | 403m (1,322feet) |
The Petit lac Batiscan (English: Little Batiscan Lake) is a freshwater body in the head zone of the Petite rivière Batiscan, in the territory of the town of Saint-Raymond, in the Portneuf Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.
The area around Little Batiscan Lake is served by secondary forest roads.[1] Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second.
The surface of Little Batiscan Lake 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.
The main watersheds neighboring Petit Lac Batiscan are:
Little Batiscan Lake is surrounded by mountains. Its shape resembles a misshapen boot.
The mouth of Petit lac Batiscan is located southeast of the lake, at:
From the mouth of Little Batiscan Lake, the current descends consecutively on:
The term Batiscan is related to other toponyms of the same family which are tributaries of the Batiscan River. Petit lac Batiscan is located southeast of the course of the head zone of the rivière à Pierre which generally flows towards the southwest to flow into the Batiscan River. Its namesake is Batiscan Lake.
The toponym "Petit lac Batiscan" was formalized on December 5, 1968, by the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[3]