Lake Manouane (Lac Manouane) is a
lake
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in central
Quebec
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,
Canada
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.
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
Matawinie () is a regional county municipality in the region of Lanaudière in southwestern Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Rawdon. The population according to the 2021 Canadian Census was 55,500.
Subdivisions
There are 27 subdivisions within the ...
.) It should not be confused with more northerly Lake Manouane in the
Peribonka River watershed.
Geography
The main roads to reach the lake Manouane pass through
Saint-Micihel-des-Saints (
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 ...
) or
Rivière-aux-Rats (
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 ...
).
The
Lac Kempt, located southwest of Lake Manouane is the main tributary of the latter. A strait of about connects the
Lac Kempt and Manouane lake. The main road from the south passes between these two lakes, to serve their respective territories to the north.
The "Baie du chien (dog bay)", deep, which is receiving water from lakes Sarto and Lortie, is located north of Lake Manouane.
Kanawata Aeroparc, which has a runway with refuelling, is located near the entrance (south side) of the "Baie du chien" allows visitors to travel to various hunting and fishing camps furnished by providers in the region. The herons island is located in middle of the lake, almost opposite the "Baie aux dorés", located on the west side, in the middle of the lake. While the "Baie au calumet" (Pipe Bay to pipe) is located to the east (about the center of the lake) and receive water from the lake Drouin.
A dam was built at the mouth (northeast) of Manouane lake, at the bottom of a long strait of 7 km long, allowing the road to cross the river by the east side and serve in territories more north.
Manouane lake is long, including the long bay in the northeast, forming the bulge of the
Manouane River. This lake is in width measured between the bay near of the airport (north-west) and the "Baie au calumet", located east of the lake. The lake drains into the river, which runs from the dam to the mouth of the lake empties into the lake Châteauvert, located to the east. Manouane River is one of the five main tributaries of the
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 ...
, where it discharges at the opposite side of the village of
Wemotaci
Wemotaci (designated as Weymontachie 23 until 1997) is a First Nations reserve on the north shore of the Saint-Maurice River at the mouth of the Manouane River in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada. Together with the Obedjiwan and the Couco ...
, located about 115 km northeast of the city of
La Tuque in
Haute-Mauricie.
The territory of Lake Manouane is entirely in forested area. On the economic front, the tourist activities take special development under the aegis of First Nations communities in the region.
See also
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List of lakes of Canada
This is a partial list of lakes of Canada. Canada has an extremely large number of lakes, with the number of lakes larger than three square kilometres being estimated at close to 31,752 by the Atlas of Canada. Of these, 561 lakes have a surface ar ...
References
Manouane
Landforms of La Tuque, Quebec
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