Oskélanéo Lake
| Oskélanéo Lake | |
|---|---|
Watershed of Saint-Maurice River | |
| Location | La Tuque |
| Coordinates | 48°07′49″N 75°10′53″W / 48.13028°N 75.18139°W |
| Type | Lake of dam |
| Primary inflows |
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| Primary outflows | Oskélanéo River (tributary of Bureau Lake (Gouin Reservoir) |
| Basin countries | Canada |
| Max. length | 15.8 kilometres (9.8 mi) |
| Max. width | 2.9 kilometres (1.8 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 404 metres (1,325 ft) |
Oskélanéo Lake is a freshwater body linked to the southwestern part of the Gouin Reservoir (via Bureau Lake (Gouin Reservoir), in the territory of the town of La Tuque, in the administrative region of Mauricie, in the province of Quebec, Canada.
All of the lake is in the canton of Faucher. Since the completion of the Gouin Dam in 1948, the navigability between the Gouin Reservoir and Lake Oskélanéo has become even easier with only two meters of difference in elevation.
Recreational tourism activities are the main economic activity of the sector, followed by orestry.
The Canadian National Railway cuts Oskélanéo Lake east-west in its middle through the village of Oskélanéo, on the west nbank.
Route 404 serves the valley of the Oskélanéo River and connects to the Southeast at Route 400, which connects the Gouin Dam and the village of Parent, Quebec, also serves the valleys of rivers Jean-Pierre and Leblanc. The former road also serves the peninsula, which stretches north in the Gouin Reservoir on 30.1 kilometres (18.7 mi). A few secondary forest roads are in use nearby for forestry and recreational tourism activities.
The surface of Oskélanéo Lake is usually frozen from mid-November to late April, but the period of safe ice circulation is generally from early December to late March.