Lac à La Loutre (Rivière-aux-Outardes)
The surroundings of Lac à la Loutre are served by a few forest roads connecting from the south to the "Chemin de la rivière aux Anglais".
Forestry and hydroelectricity are the main economic activities around the lake.
Geography
The "Lac à la Loutre" is located in the unorganized territory of Rivière-aux-Outardes, north of the city of Baie-Comeau. This lake turns out to be the main head water body on the slope of the rivière aux Anglais. The Lac à la Loutre has a length of 8.0 km (5.0 mi), a maximum width of 1.4 km (0.87 mi) and an altitude of 304 m (997 ft).
From the mouth of Lac à la Loutre, the current descends on 65 km (40 mi) generally towards the south-east, following the course of the rivière aux Anglais, in particular passing by end of segment on the north side of an industrial sector in the eastern part of Baie-Comeau, to discharge onto the west shore of Baie aux Anglais, on the north shore of the Estuary of Saint Lawrence.
Toponym
The toponym "lac à la Loutre" was formalized on December 5, 1968 at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.
See also
- Manicouagan Regional County Municipality
- Rivière-aux-Outardes, an unorganized territory
- Rivière aux Anglais, a stream
- Gulf of St. Lawrence, a stream
- List of rivers of Quebec
References
- ^ Open Street Map - Accessed July 8, 2020
- ^ "Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada". Retrieved July 8, 2020.
Characteristics extracted from the geographic map, of the database and instrumentation of the site
- ^ "Fiche descriptive". www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
- Conseil de bassin de la rivière aux Anglais (2008). Portrait du bassin versant de la rivière aux Anglais (PDF). p. 73. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-07-09. Retrieved 2020-07-09.