The Kempt Lake is located in the unorganized territory of
Lac-Matawin, Quebec in the MRC
Matawinie, in the administrative region of
Lanaudière
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, in
Quebec
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, in
Canada
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. This reservoir is located on the route of the
Manouane River (La Tuque)
The Manouane River flows from west to east in the Haute-Mauricie (Upper-Mauricie), at northwest of La Tuque, Quebec, La Tuque, in the administrative region of Lanaudière and Mauricie, in the Province of Quebec, Canada. The river basin is mostly co ...
in northern
Rouge-Matawin Wildlife Reserve.
Geography
Located southeast of
Lake Manouane
Lake Manouane (Lac Manouane) is a lake in central Quebec, Canada. It is just north-east of Kempt Lake, mostly within the boundaries of the City of La Tuque. (Its extreme southern tip lies in Baie-Obaoca, in Matawinie Regional County Municipality. ...
, Kempt Lake is deformed and has many peninsulas and bays. It includes dozens of islands, the most important are the islands "Aux érables" (maple), cedar island and Arikici island.
''Dike of Bay Gavin''
Kemp reservoir is contained by the dike Bay Gavin, located in the unincorporated territory of
Obaoca Bay, in the MRC
Matawinie. This dam was originally built in 1908 and is the property of
Hydro-Québec
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. The dam has a height of 4 m and a holding capacity of 40.7 million m³. The length of the dam is 73 m. The type of dam is made of earth on a foundation of till. The coordinates of the dam are : latitude 47⁰ 32' 11" and longitude -74⁰ 11' 2". The area of the reservoir is 12,000 ha. The utility of this dam is for hydro-electric purpose.
''Dam Manouane-A''
A second dam of a strong capacity on Kempt Lake designated Manouane-A, was built in 1941 for the end of hydroelectricity. The dam has a height of 7 m and a length of 108.8 m. The height of the reservoir is 4.8 m. with an impounding capacity of 407 million m³. The area of the reservoir is 12,000 ha. The catchment area is 1,507 km².
''Strait between lakes''
A 6.1 km long strait separates lakes
Manouane and Kempt. The distance by road is 173 km from the center of the town of
Saint-Michel-des-Saints and Kempt Lake. The road skirts Kempt lake by the East.
Toponymy
The name "Lake Kempt" was recorded on December 5, 1968, at the Bank of place names in
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 ...
(Geographical Names Board of Québec).
See also
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Manouane River (La Tuque)
The Manouane River flows from west to east in the Haute-Mauricie (Upper-Mauricie), at northwest of La Tuque, Quebec, La Tuque, in the administrative region of Lanaudière and Mauricie, in the Province of Quebec, Canada. The river basin is mostly co ...
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Saint-Maurice River
The Saint-Maurice River (, ; ) is one of the main tributaries of the St. Lawrence River, after the Ottawa River, Ottawa and the Saguenay River, Saguenay Rivers and drains an area of 42,735 km2. It touches the Lac Saint-Jean, Lake Saint John waters ...
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La Tuque (urban agglomeration)
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Lake Manouane
Lake Manouane (Lac Manouane) is a lake in central Quebec, Canada. It is just north-east of Kempt Lake, mostly within the boundaries of the City of La Tuque. (Its extreme southern tip lies in Baie-Obaoca, in Matawinie Regional County Municipality. ...
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Mauricie
Mauricie () is a traditional and current administrative region of Quebec. La Mauricie National Park is contained within the region, making tourism in Mauricie popular. The region has a land area of 35,860.05 km2 (13,845.64 sq mi) and a popu ...
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Lanaudière
Lanaudière (, ) is one of the seventeen administrative regions of Quebec, Canada, situated immediately to the northeast of Montreal. It has a total population ( 2016 Census) of 494,796 inhabitants, an increase of 4.9% over the 2011 census.
Geogr ...
*
Manawan, Quebec
Manawan (named Manouane until 1991), officially named ''communauté Atikamekw de Manawan'' (French language, French for "Atikamekw Community of Manawan"), is a First Nations in Canada, First Nations Indian reserve, reserve on the south-western s ...
, Canadian Indian reserve
References
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Landforms of La Tuque, Quebec
Lakes of Lanaudière