Jacques-Cartier Lake
| Jacques-Cartier Lake | |
|---|---|
A beach of Jacques-Cartier Lake | |
| Location | Lac-Jacques-Cartier, La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality |
| Coordinates | 47°35′07″N 71°12′26″W / 47.5852°N 71.2073°W |
| Lake type | Natural |
| Primary inflows | (clockwise from the mouth) Décharge du lac Plamondon et décharge des lacs Nadreau, Grandpré et "lac Petit Pré". |
| Primary outflows | =Jacques-Cartier River |
| Basin countries | Canada |
| Max. length | 9.2 km (5.7 mi) |
| Max. width | 1.8 km (1.1 mi) |
| Average depth | 69 m (226 ft) |
| Surface elevation | 783 m (2,569 ft) |
The lac Jacques-Cartier, main source of the Jacques-Cartier River, is a glacial lake located in the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve, about 90 km to the north of the city of Quebec, in the unorganized territory of Lac-Jacques-Cartier, in the La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.
The area around the lake is served by the route 175 which passes on the west shore, for the needs of forestry and recreational tourism activities.
Forestry is the main economic activity in this sector; recreational tourism, second.
The surface of Lake Jacques-Cartier 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.