The lac aux Biscuits (Cookies Lake) (formerly named "Lac à la Croix" in French or Cross Lake in English) is located in Haute-Batiscanie in the municipality of
Lac-Édouard, Quebec
Lac-Édouard is a municipality in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada. Its village centre is located along the Canadian National Railway at the north end of the namesake Lake Édouard.
On March 26, 2003, it became part o ...
, in
La Tuque, in the administrative region of the
Mauricie
Mauricie () is a traditional and current administrative region of Quebec. La Mauricie National Park is contained within the region, making it a prime tourist location. The region has a land area of 35,860.05 km² (13,845.64 sq mi) and a popu ...
, in the
province of Quebec,
Canada. The watershed discharge of "Lac aux Biscuits" (Cookies Lake) is 247 km², the sixth largest pool of
Batiscanie.
Geography
"Cookies lake" (lac aux Biscuits, in French) has a length of 2.4 km and a width of 0.8 km (until bottom of the large bay located north of the lake). Its mouth is located at the south-west of the lake and its waters discharge into a small river of 2.4 km, which drains into another lake that is part the
Batiscan River.
"Cookies lake" is located at 5.6 km southeast of the village of
Lac-Édouard, Quebec
Lac-Édouard is a municipality in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada. Its village centre is located along the Canadian National Railway at the north end of the namesake Lake Édouard.
On March 26, 2003, it became part o ...
, at 48 km north-east of
La Tuque. Its mouth is at 0.7 km northeast of Lac-à-la-Croix and north-east of "Club Triton" in the
Seigneurie du Triton
The Seigneurie du Triton is a hunting and fishing outfitter located in the municipality of Lake Edouard, in the administrative region of Mauricie, in Quebec, Canada. The outfitter has exclusive rights to of wilderness, and is a private enterprise ...
. Excluding the North bay, the shape of lake is akin to a growing open towards the southeast, surrounding the lake John-Bull, located close. The "Blueberries Island" (Île aux Bleuets) is located almost at the middle of the lake, opposite to the outlet of John-Bull lake.
"Cookies Lake" is fed in North-East by two rivers:
* "Lake Cleveland" outlet (at North-East),
* "Travers River" (in the East), which takes its source at "Travers Lake". The latter lake is especially powered by the "Lake of the Three Caribou" (west) and by the Gauthier Lake (in the East) .
"Cookies Lake" is located at the extreme West of sub-watershed the same name. This sub-watershed covers and fact part of the head the waters of the
Batiscanie, Quebec, constituting the sub-basin the more north of the
Batiscanie, Quebec. This sub-basin includes dozens of lakes such as Aberdeen (the level of water is to 430 m altitude), Witherbee, Cleveland, McMilen, Lispenard, of "Plan Perdu" (Lost Plan) ... "Cookies Lake" is located entirely in a forest environment and is surrounded by high mountains on the northern side. Its surface is frozen normally from November to April. The level of water from "Cookies Lake" is in of altitude (compared to for the
Lac-Édouard, Quebec
Lac-Édouard is a municipality in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada. Its village centre is located along the Canadian National Railway at the north end of the namesake Lake Édouard.
On March 26, 2003, it became part o ...
). By the elevation of the sub-watershed of "Cookies Lake" upper waterbodies, is considered a second head of the
Batiscan River.
Toponymy
The toponym "Cookies Lake" (Lac aux biscuits) was formalized as of December 5, 1968 in the Bank of place names of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.
History
The sector "Lac aux Biscuits" really started to be exploited thanks to railway built to the any late 19th century, connecting
Hervey-Jonction, Quebec to
Chambord, Quebec passing by the
Lac-Édouard, Quebec
Lac-Édouard is a municipality in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada. Its village centre is located along the Canadian National Railway at the north end of the namesake Lake Édouard.
On March 26, 2003, it became part o ...
. Travellers and forest workers used mostly the "Gare du Triton", located in the
Lordship of Triton (Seigneurie-du-Triton). The "Cookies Lake" is especially characterized by forestry cuts conceded by the
Government of Quebec
A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state.
In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...
, as well as hunting and fishing.
See also
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Lake of the cross (Lac-Édouard)
The Lake of the Cross is located in Upper Batiscanie, in the municipality of Lac-Édouard in La Tuque (census division), in the administrative region the Mauricie in province of Quebec, in Canada. Located about (by water) of Lac Édouard (Que ...
References
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Biscuits
A biscuit is a flour-based baked and shaped food product. In most countries biscuits are typically hard, flat, and unleavened. They are usually sweet and may be made with sugar, chocolate, icing, jam, ginger, or cinnamon. They can also b ...
Landforms of La Tuque, Quebec