Lac Sainte-Anne (Lac-Croche) Explained

Lac Sainte-Anne
Pushpin Map:Quebec
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Quebec
Location:Lac-Croche (TNO), La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality, Capitale-Nationale, Quebec, Canada
Coords:47.285°N -71.66°W
Lake Type:Natural
Inflow:(clockwise from the mouth) Discharge of lakes Louise, Trépanier, Cuvette, La Saulx and Bastonis, discharge of lakes Émilie, Sioui, de la Spartine, Beauclair and Petit lac Beauclair, discharge of an unidentified lake.
Outflow:Sainte-Anne River (Mauricie)
Basin Countries:Canada
Length:4.8km (03miles)
Width:0.5km (00.3miles)
Area:1.43km2
Depth:NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet)
Max-Depth:NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet)
Elevation:656m (2,152feet)

The Lac Sainte-Anne (English: Sainte-Anne Lake) is a freshwater body at the head of the Sainte-Anne 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 from Quebec, to Canada. This body of water is located in the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve.

The area around the lake is served by the forest road R0300 which runs on the east side of the lake, and by another forest road from the south which connects to the first, south of the lake. These 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 Sainte-Anne 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.

Geography

Lake Sainte-Anne has a length of, a width of and its surface is at an altitude of . This lake deep in the mountains is long and has three small islands.

Lake Sainte-Anne supplies water through landfills:

From the mouth of Lac Sainte-Anne, the current descends on following the course of the Sainte-Anne River (Mauricie) to the northeast shore of St. Lawrence River.[2]

Toponymy

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

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://tools.wmflabs.org/osm4wiki/cgi-bin/wiki/wiki-osm.pl?project=en&article=lac_Sainte-Anne Open Street Map - Accessed January 23, 2020
  2. https://atlas.gc.ca/toporama/fr/index.html Atlas of Canada - Department of Natural Resources Canada - Accessed January 23, 2020.
  3. http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/fiche.aspx?no_seq=55982 Commission de toponymie du Québec - Lac Sainte-Anne - Retrieved on January 23, 2020