Lac au Bouleau (Mont-Élie) explained

Lac au Bouleau
Pushpin Map:Quebec
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Quebec
Location:Mont-Élie
Coords:47.9706°N -70.2536°W
Lake Type:Natural
Inflow:Petit Saguenay River and outlet of Lac Armand
Outflow:Petit Saguenay River
Basin Countries:Canada
Length:4.3km (02.7miles)
Width:0.9km (00.6miles)
Area:NaNkm2
Depth:NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet)
Max-Depth:NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet)
Elevation:449m (1,473feet)

The Lac au Bouleau is a body of water crossed from south to north by the Petit Saguenay River, in the unorganized territory of Mont-Élie, in the Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality of the administrative region Capitale-Nationale, in Quebec, in Canada.

The south-eastern part of lac au Sable is served by the forest road R064. This road approaches to 0.6km (00.4miles) south of Lac au Bouleau.[1]

Forestry is the sector's main economic activity; recreotourism activities, second.

The surface of Lac au Bouleau is usually frozen from the end of November to the beginning of April, however safe circulation on the ice is generally done from mid-December to the end of March.

Geography

The main watersheds neighboring "Lac au Bouleau" are:

Lac au Bouleau has a length of 4.3km (02.7miles) in the form of winter boots for women; the tip of the toes being the arrival of the current, while the current leaves from the north.[2]

The Petit Saguenay river successively crosses Sable Lake from south to north (length: 2.7km (01.7miles); altitude: 449km (279miles)), Lac au Bouleau (length: 4.3km (02.7miles); altitude: 449km (279miles)) and the eastern part of Lac Emmuraillé (length: 1.8km (01.1miles); altitude: 436km (271miles)).[2]

The mouth of Lac au Bouleau is located at:

From the mouth of "Lac au Bouleau", the current descends the Petit Saguenay River for 66.8km (41.5miles) to the northeast, then north to the south shore of the Saguenay river that the current crosses on 36.6km (22.7miles) eastwards to Tadoussac where this last river flows into the St. Lawrence River.[2]

Toponymy

Birch is a type of tree common in cold and temperate regions. This tree has white bark and small leaves. Its wood is often used in carpentry and cabinetmaking. It is also used in the manufacture of paper.

The toponym lac au Bouleau 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=fr&article=lac_au_Bouleau Open Street Map - Accessed December 15, 2019
  2. https://atlas.gc.ca/toporama/fr/index.html Atlas of Canada posted on Toporama - Accessed December 15, 2019.
  3. Web site: lac au Bouleau - accessed December 15, 2018. Commission de toponymie du Québec.