Lac à Mars
| Lac à Mars | |
|---|---|
| Location | Lac-Pikauba |
| Coordinates | 47°48′45″N 71°02′02″W / 47.8125°N 71.03389°W |
| Lake type | Natural |
| Primary inflows | Seven small riverside streams, including discharge from Lac Moche. |
| Primary outflows | Rivière à Mars North-West |
| Basin countries | Canada |
| Max. length | 2.3 km (1.4 mi) |
| Max. width | 0.8 km (0.50 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 858 m (2,815 ft) |
The lac à Mars is a fresh body of water in the watershed of the rivière à Mars North-West, the rivière à Mars and the Saguenay River. This body of water is located in the unorganized territory of Lac-Pikauba, in the Charlevoix Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. Lac à Mars is located in the central eastern part of the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve.
Upstream of the port, industrial and urban area, the rivière à Mars valley is mainly served by the Consol Paper road. The rivière à Mars North-West is served by a few other secondary forest roads for forestry and recreational tourism activities.
Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second.
The surface of the lac à March 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.