Bouteroue Lake is a freshwater body of the
Lac-Ashuapmushuan, Quebec
Lac-Ashuapmushuan is an unorganized territory in the Canadian province of Quebec, Canada, located in the regional county municipality of Le Domaine-du-Roy. The region had a population of 41 as of the 2021 Canadian census, and covered a land area ...
unorganized territory, in the northwestern part of the
Regional County Municipality
The term regional county municipality or RCM (, , MRC) is used in Quebec, Canada to refer to one of 87 county-like political entities. In some older English translations they were called county regional municipality.
Regional county municipalit ...
(MRC)
Le Domaine-du-Roy
Le Domaine-du-Roy (, ) is a regional county municipality in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is in Roberval, Quebec, Roberval, and it is named for the King of France, who owned the land at the time of the colonization ...
, in the administrative region of
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, in the
province
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of
Quebec
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, in
Canada
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. This lake borders the townships of Rohault, Robert, Ducharme and Bouteroue.
Forestry is the main economic activity of the sector, followed by tourism.
The forest road
route 167 passes north-east of
Nicabau Lake
Nicabau Lake is a freshwater body of the unorganized territory of Lac-Ashuapmushuan, Quebec, in the western part of Regional County Municipality (MRC) Le Domaine-du-Roy, in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean administrative region, in the province of Queb ...
, connecting
Chibougamau
Chibougamau () is the largest town in Nord-du-Québec, central Quebec, Canada. Located on Lake Gilman, it has a population of 7,233 people (2021 Canadian census). Chibougamau is surrounded by, but not part of, the local municipality of Eeyou ...
to
Saint-Félicien, Quebec
Saint-Félicien () is a city in the Canadian province of Quebec. The town is located within the Le Domaine-du-Roy Regional County Municipality in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region. Its population as of 2021 is 10,089.
History
The town was f ...
. The
Canadian National Railway
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CN is Canada's largest railway, in terms of both revenue a ...
runs along this road. The northern part of lake Bouteroue is served by the forest road serving the
Nemenjiche River
The Nemenjiche River is a tributary of Obatogamau Lakes, flowing into the Regional County Municipality (RCM) of Eeyou Istchee Baie-James, into the administrative region of Nord-du-Québec, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. The course of the r ...
.
Lake Bouteroue's surface is usually frozen from early November to mid-May, however, safe ice movement is generally from mid-November to mid-April.
Geography
Toponymy
Formerly, this body of water was designated "Owen Lake".
The toponym "Lac Bouteroue" was made official on December 5, 1968 by the
Commission de toponymie du Québec
The Commission de toponymie du Québec (, ''Toponymy Commission of Québec'') is the Government of Québec's public body responsible for cataloging, preserving, making official and publicizing Québec's place names and their origins according to th ...
, i.e. at the creation of this commission.
Commission de toponymie du Quebec - Bank of place names - Toponym: "Lac Bouteroue"
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Notes and references
See also
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Lakes of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
Le Domaine-du-Roy Regional County Municipality