Faillon Lake is a freshwater body of the townships of Faillon (northeastern part) and Boisseau (southwestern part), in the territory of

Senneterre Senneterre () is a town in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of northwestern Quebec, Canada. It is in La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality. There are three schools in this city: St-Paul elementary school, Chanoine-Delisle elementary ...

, in

La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality La Vallée-de-l'Or () is a regional county municipality in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region in Northwestern Quebec, Canada. The seat is in Val-d'Or. It is named for its gold deposits in the Harricana River and Bell River valleys. History Ori ...

(RCM), in the administrative region of

Abitibi-Témiscamingue Abitibi-Témiscamingue () is an administrative region located in western Québec, Canada, along the border with Ontario. It became part of the province in 1898. It has a land area of and its population was 147,082 people as of the 2021 cens ...

, in the

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Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...

, in

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. Lake Faillon is crossed to the Southwest by the current of the

Mégiscane River The Mégiscane River is a tributary of Parent Lake (Abitibi). It flows in the Northwest of Quebec, in Canada, in the administrative regions of: *Mauricie: in the westernmost part of the town of La Tuque; *Abitibi-Témiscamingue: in the territory o ...

. Forestry is the main economic activity of the sector; recreational tourism activities come second. Its surface is generally frozen from the beginning of December to the end of April. The hydrographic slope of Lake Faillon is mainly served by a forest road that goes north-east on the north bank of the

. The southwestern part of the lake is served by another branch of the forest road that runs east.

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In the past, this lake was called "Millie Lake". The Geography Commission of Quebec gave it its new name in 1921 in honor of the Sulpician

Étienne-Michel Faillon Étienne-Michel Faillon (3 January 1800 – 25 October 1870) was a Catholic historian. Biography Faillon was born in Tarascon, France. He studied in Avignon and Aix-en-Provence, joined the Sulpicians (1821), and was ordained priest in 1824. ...

(1799-1870), author, in 1865, of a publication entitled History of French colonization in Canada. The name "Lac Faillon" was officialized 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 ...

when it was created.Commission de toponymie du Québec - List of Place Names - Toponym: "Lac Faillon"

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