Lake Walker is a

lake A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land and are separate from ...

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, ...

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. It is located in the

Sept-Rivières Regional County Municipality Sept-Rivières (, "Seven-Rivers") is a regional county municipality of Quebec, Canada, in the Côte-Nord region. Its county seat is Sept-Îles. The census groups Sept-Rivières RCM with neighbouring Caniapiscau Regional County Municipality into ...

in the region of

Côte-Nord Côte-Nord (Region 09) (, ; ) is an List of regions of Quebec, administrative region of Quebec, on the Quebec-Labrador peninsula, Quebec-Labrador Peninsula, Canada. The region runs along the St. Lawrence River and then the Gulf of St. Lawrence, ...

, about 30 km northwest of

Port-Cartier Port-Cartier () is a city in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. It is located on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River at the mouth of the Aux-Rochers River, southwest of Sept-Îles, Quebec. Port-Cartier had a population of 6,516 at ...

Location

Lake Walker is within the

Port-Cartier–Sept-Îles Wildlife Reserve The Port-Cartier-Sept-Îles Wildlife Reserve (, ) is a wildlife reserve in the province of Quebec, Canada. Conservation The reserve was created in 1965, covering of boreal forest near the towns of Port-Cartier and Sept-Îles. The wildlife rese ...

. Since 2006 it has been proposed to establish the

Lake Walker National Park Lake Walker National Park () is a proposed national park in the province of Quebec, Canada, centered on the long Lake Walker. Location The proposed park is in a region of taiga in the center of the Port-Cartier–Sept-Îles Wildlife Reserve. I ...

within the wildlife sanctuary, surrounding Lake Walker. As of May 2019 the project was stalled for lack of funding. It is named for

Hovenden Walker Rear-Admiral Sir Hovenden Walker (1656 or 1666 – 1725 or 1728) was a British naval officer noted for, during Queen Anne's War, having led an abortive 1711 expedition against Quebec City, then the capital of New France. Early career Walker ...

, and gives its name to the Lac-Walker unorganized territory.

Environment

A map of the

Ecological regions of Quebec The Ecological regions of Quebec are regions with specific types of vegetation and climates as defined by the Quebec Ministry of Forests, Wildlife and Parks. Given the size of this huge province, there is wide variation from the temperate deciduou ...

places the lake in the 6J-T ecological subregion, part of the eastern spruce/moss domain of the boreal zone.

Hydrology

The main tributary of Lake Walker is the

Schmon River The Schmon River () is a river in the Côte-Nord region of the province of Quebec, Canada. It flows south into Lake Walker. Location The Schmon River has its source in Lac au Vent and Lac aux Mouches. It flows south for almost to Lake Walker. ...

, which enters at the northern end. Like many of the lakes in the region, Lake Walker is highly elongated, being 33 km long and no more than 4 km wide, and has steep rocky sides. A 2019 survey established its depth at 271 metres,Lake Walker
on ''researchgate.net'' making it the deepest lake in Quebec, ahead of the Pingualuit crater in

Nunavik Nunavik (; ; ) is an area in Canada which comprises the northern third of the province of Quebec, part of the Nord-du-Québec region and nearly coterminous with Kativik. Covering a land area of north of the 55th parallel, it is the homelan ...

(252 m). The southern tip of the lake flows into the

Aux Rochers River Aux Rochers River (, , ''Rocky River''), is a river in Sept-Rivières Regional County Municipality, Côte-Nord, Quebec, Canada. It drains an area of . It is a tributary of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence Description The Aux Rochers River is in Port-Ca ...

which carries its water to the Saint-Lawrence River about 30 km to the southeast.

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