| Saint-Henri Lake | |
| Pushpin Map: | Quebec |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Quebec |
| Location: | Lac-Croche (TNO), La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality, Capitale-Nationale |
| Coords: | 47.7089°N -71.9297°W |
| Lake Type: | Natural |
| Inflow: | (clockwise from the mouth) Métabetchouane River (coming from the south-east via Hugh Lake), des ruisseaux riverains, la décharge du lac Desève, la décharge du lac Gagné et la décharge du lac Roublard. |
| Outflow: | Métabetchouane River |
| Basin Countries: | Canada |
| Length: | 7km (04miles) |
| Width: | 1.15km (00.71miles) |
| Area: | NaNkm2 |
| Depth: | NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet) |
| Max-Depth: | NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet) |
| Elevation: | 413m (1,355feet) |
The lac Saint-Henri is a freshwater body crossed by the Métabetchouane River, in the unorganized territory of Lac-Croche, in the La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. This lake is located in the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve.
Lac Saint-Henri is indirectly served by the route 155 (connecting La Tuque and Chambord). The forest road R0410 passes north of the lake. A few secondary forest roads serve this area for the purposes of forestry and recreational tourism activities.[1]
Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second.
The surface of Lake Saint-Henri 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 near Lake Saint-Henri are:
Lac Saint-Henri has a length of, a width of and an altitude of . This lake is mainly fed by the outlet of the Métabetchouane River (coming from the southeast by Lake Hugh), riparian streams, the outlet of Lake Desève, the outlet of Lake Gagné and the outlet of Lake Roublard. This lake has a narrowing in the middle because of two peninsulas which approximates approximately one from the other. The Métabetchouane River crosses this lake for to the north.
The mouth of Lac Saint-Henri is located at the far north end of the lake, at:
From the mouth of Lac Saint-Henri, the current follows the course of:
The toponym "Lac Saint-Henri" was formalized on December 5, 1968, by the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[3]