Lake Manitou (Lac-Jérôme)

For other lakes with the same name, see Manitou Lake (disambiguation).
Manitou Lake
Lac Manitou
Manitou Lake is located in Quebec
Manitou Lake
Manitou Lake
LocationLac-Jérôme, Minganie RCM, Quebec
Coordinates50°52′25″N 65°17′16″W / 50.87361°N 65.28778°W / 50.87361; -65.28778
Max. length25 kilometres (16 mi)
Max. width2 kilometres (1.2 mi)
Surface area41.7 square kilometres (16.1 sq mi)

Lake Manitou (French: Lac Manitou) is a lake located in the unorganized territory of Lac-Jérôme, in the Minganie Regional County Municipality, in the Côte-Nord, in the province of Quebec, Canada. The Manitou River flows through the lake from north to south, and continues to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.[1]

Location

It is one of three large lakes on the Manitou River, the others being Aigle Lake in the north and Eudist Lake in the south. It is in the center-south of the Manitou River basin and covers 41.7 square kilometres (16.1 sq mi). The lake is almost 25 kilometres (16 mi) long but only 1–2 kilometres (0.62–1.24 mi) wide, formed by flooding an old trough-shaped glacial valley with steep sides that rise to over 500 metres (1,600 ft) in places.[2] The lake is 75 kilometres (47 mi) from the river's mouth. It is accessible only by float plane.[3]

Environment

A map of the ecological regions of Quebec shows the lake is in sub-region 6j-S of the east spruce/moss subdomain.[4]

Fish

The Pourvoirie Mabec provides outfitting services for fishing and hunting on and around the lake.[5] The Pourvoirie Mabec has exclusive rights.[3] Eugène Rouillard wrote in 1908 that trout were abundant in the Manitou River and Lake Manitou, with a length of 25 to 30 inches (640 to 760 mm).[6] Brook trout are often over 2 pounds (0.91 kg), and Arctic char are often over 4 pounds (1.8 kg).[7] A survey of the Innu population of Mingan in 2007 reported that many of them practiced both ice fishing and summer fishing on the lake.[8]

Notes

  1. ^ Lac Manitou, Natural Resources.
  2. ^ Portrait du bassin versant Manitou, OBVD, p. 134.
  3. ^ a b Théberge 2008, p. 105.
  4. ^ Saucier et al. 2011.
  5. ^ Monfette 2019, p. 7.
  6. ^ Rouillard 1908, p. 149.
  7. ^ Cabana 2012.
  8. ^ Complexe de la Romaine, Étude d’impact..., p. 32-10.

Sources

  • Cabana, Julien (19 June 2012), "Mouchetées géantes au lac Manitou", Journal de Montréal (in French), retrieved 2019-10-22
  • Complexe de la Romaine, Étude d’impact sur l’environnement (PDF) (in French), vol. 5 Milieu humain – Minganie, Hydro-Québec Production, December 2007, retrieved 2019-10-22
  • Lac Manitou, Natural Resources Canada, retrieved 2019-10-21
  • Monfette, Richard (February 2019), Des gagnants à la pourvoirie Mabec (PDF) (in French), retrieved 2019-10-22
  • Portrait du bassin versant Manitou (in French), OBV Duplessis, retrieved 2019-10-22
  • Rouillard, Eugène (1908), La côte nord du Saint-Laurent et le Labrador canadien (in French), retrieved 2019-10-22
  • Saucier, J.-P.; Robitaille, A.; Grondin, P.; Bergeron, J.-F.; Gosselin, J. (2011), Les régions écologiques du Québec méridional (PDF) (map), 4 (in French), Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune, archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-06-19, retrieved 2019-10-01
  • Théberge, Claude (August 2008), Étude de mise en valeur des rivières – Phase 1 MRC de la Minganie (PDF) (in French), Genivar, retrieved 2019-10-22