Lac des Cèdres | |
Pushpin Map: | Quebec |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Quebec |
Location: | Ferland-et-Boilleau and Saint-Félix-d'Otis |
Coords: | 48.24°N -70.7445°W |
Lake Type: | Natural |
Inflow: | lac de camp (North side), « La Filée des Trois Petits Lacs » (North side) lac Barbé (North side), lac de la Grenouille (East side), lac Gamelin (South side), lac Murphy (South side) |
Outflow: | Rivière des Cèdres |
Basin Countries: | Canada |
Length: | 6.4km (04miles) |
Width: | 2km (01miles) |
Area: | NaNkm2 |
Depth: | NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet) |
Max-Depth: | NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet) |
Elevation: | 232m (761feet) |
The "Lac des Cèdres" is the head of the Rivière des Cèdres, in the watershed of Ha! Ha! River And Saguenay River. This body of water straddles the municipality of Ferland-et-Boilleau and Saint-Félix-d'Otis, in the Fjord-du-Saguenay, in the administrative region of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, in province of Quebec, in Canada.
A few secondary forest roads allow access to the Lac des Cèdres watershed; these roads connect to route 381 (north-south direction) which runs along the Ha! Ha! River. These roads allow forestry and recreational tourism activities.[1]
Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second.
The surface of Lac des Cèdres 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.
Lac des Cèdres is located about 25.1km (15.6miles) north of the boundary of the administrative regions of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean. The main hydrographic slopes near Lac des Cèdres are:
The "Lac des Cèdres" has a length of 6.4km (04miles) in the shape of a deformed starfish, a maximum width of 2km (01miles), an altitude is 232km (144miles) and an area of NaN2NaN2. It is fed by the camp lake (north side), "La Filée des Trois Petits Lacs" (north side), Lac Barbé (north side), "Lac de la Grenouille" (east side), Lac Gamelin (south side) and Murphy Lake (south side). Its mouth is located to the northwest, at:
From the mouth of "Lac des Cèdres", the current:
The toponym "lac des Cèdres" was formalized on December 12, 1985, by the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]