Lac Sakami is a lake in the northwest of the province of
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 Canada. It is located east of
James Bay
James Bay (, ; ) is a large body of water located on the southern end of Hudson Bay in Canada. It borders the provinces of Quebec and Ontario, and is politically part of Nunavut. Its largest island is Akimiski Island.
Numerous waterways of the ...
, south of the
Robert-Bourassa Reservoir and north of the
Opinaca Reservoir.
Lac Sakami is now a reservoir of the
James Bay Project
The James Bay Project () involves the construction of a series of hydroelectricity, hydroelectric power stations on the La Grande River in northwestern Quebec, Canada by government-owned corporation, state-owned public utility, utility Hydro-Qué ...
with a depth of , an elevation of and an area of . Prior to being used as a reservoir it had an area of . The Cree called the lake ''Mesackamee''.
See also
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List of lakes of Quebec
This is an incomplete list of lakes of Quebec, a province of Canada.
Larger lake statistics
This is a list of lakes of Quebec with an area larger than .
List of Lakes
0–9
* Lake 3.1416
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*Lake Abitibi in Ontario and Quebec
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References
External links
Fishing on Lac Sakami
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Lakes of Nord-du-Québec