Grand Lake Bostonnais

Grand Lake Bostonnais
Grand Lake Bostonnais
Location	La Tuque (urban agglomeration), Mauricie
Coordinates	47°54′01″N72°14′03″W / 47.90028°N 72.23417°W Coordinates: 47°54′01″N72°14′03″W / 47.90028°N 72.23417°W
Type	natural
Primary outflows	Bostonnais River
Basin countries	Canada
Max. length	10.8 km (6.7 mi)
Max. width	2.8 km (1.7 mi)
Surface elevation	413 m (1,355 ft)

Last updated August 05, 2019

The Grand Lake Bostonnais is located in the La Tuque (urban agglomeration), in the administrative region of Mauricie, in Quebec, Canada. This lake is an important body of water is feeding the Bostonnais River which pours at La Tuque in Saint-Maurice River. The territory around Grand Lake Bostonnais is entirely in forest.

The Urban agglomeration of La Tuque is an urban agglomeration in Quebec, in Canada, that consists of:

Mauricie Administrative region in Quebec, Canada

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 35,855.22 km² and a 2006 census population of 258,928 residents. Its largest cities are Trois-Rivières and Shawinigan.

Quebec is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is bordered to the west by the province of Ontario and the bodies of water James Bay and Hudson Bay; to the north by Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay; to the east by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the province of Newfoundland and Labrador; and to the south by the province of New Brunswick and the US states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York. It also shares maritime borders with Nunavut, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia. Quebec is Canada's largest province by area and its second-largest administrative division; only the territory of Nunavut is larger. It is historically and politically considered to be part of Central Canada.

Geography

Located at 62 km (measured in a direct line) northeast of the city of La Tuque, Grand Lake Bostonnais is encased between mountains. The surface of this lake which is frozen from November to April, has an average elevation of 413 meters above sea level. The north end of the lake is located at a distance of 4.4 kilometers south of the Quebec route 155 which links La Tuque and Chambord, Lac Saint-Jean.

La Tuque is a city located in north-central Quebec, Canada, on the Saint-Maurice River, between Trois-Rivières and Chambord. The population was 11,227 at the Canada 2011 Census, most of which live within the urban area.

Chambord, Quebec Municipality in Quebec, Canada

Chambord is a municipality in Le Domaine-du-Roy Regional County Municipality in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. The Chambord meteorite was found near here in 1904.

Lac Saint-Jean is a large, relatively shallow lake in south-central Quebec, Canada, in the Laurentian Highlands. It is situated 206 kilometres north of the Saint Lawrence River, into which it drains via the Saguenay River. It covers an area of 1,053 km² (407 sq mi), and is 63.1 m (207 ft) at its deepest point. Its name in the Innu language is Piekuakami.

Grand Lake Bostonnais has a length of 10.8 km in the north-south direction. The southern part of the lake is 2.4 km wide and 2.8 km for northern part. A large island occupies the center of the southern part of the lake. A dozen other small islands are scattered mostly in the northern part of the lake.

The lake is fed mostly on the east side by the discharge of the Lake Kiskissink; the latest is fed from the South by the discharge of Lescarbot Lake. Lake Kiskissink length is made parallel to the "Grand Lake Bostonnais". From the mouth of Lake Kiskissink, this segment of Bostonnais River has a length of 8.2 km (a river of 3.8 km, then a strait of 4.4 km long which is an arm of Grand Lake Bostonnais). Between the two lakes is forestry center called Van Bruyssels.

The Lake Kiskissink is located in the La Tuque, in Mauricie, in Quebec, in Canada. The area surrounding the lake is administered by the Zec Kiskissink

The river Bostonais or Bostonians is a river of Canada, located in Quebec, in the administrative region of Mauricie, in La Tuque.

The mouth of the Grand Lake Bostonnais is located on the west side at the end of a little bay. Bostonnais River cross the lake. The rehabilitation of the dam Grand Lake Bostonnais is a joint project with Ducks Unlimited Canada, the Quebec Wildlife Foundation, Hydro-Québec and Zec Kiskissink for a total cost of $550,000. This project aims to maintain the lake level to promote breeding waterfowl in flooded areas and protection of spawning grounds in the outlet during the winter low flow period. The lake drains in the Bostonnais River.

Hydro-Québec is a public utility that manages the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity in the Canadian province of Quebec, as well as the export of power to portions of the Northeast United States.

The Zec Kiskissink is a "zone d'exploitation contrôlée" (zec), located in the administrative region of the Mauricie, the Capitale-Nationale and Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, in Quebec, in Canada. This wild territory, used for recreative activities is managed by the "Sacerf Macousine Association".

Toponymy

The name of the lake commemorates Jean-Baptiste Bostonais, a trapper Abenaki originated in Boston, Massachusetts, in New England, who had a hunting territory in the region. His name often comes up in local place names with the Large and Small Bostonnais lakes, the Bostonnais channel, the Little Bostonnais River and Bostonnais island. The river gave its name to the village of La Bostonnais, which with La Tuque is the only community on the banks of this river.

The Abenaki are a Native American tribe and First Nation. They are one of the Algonquian-speaking peoples of northeastern North America. The Abenaki originate in Quebec and the Maritimes of Canada and in the New England region of the United States, a region called Wabanahkik in the Eastern Algonquian languages. The Abenaki are one of the five members of the Wabanaki Confederacy.

Massachusetts, officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It borders on the Atlantic Ocean to the east, the states of Connecticut and Rhode Island to the south, New Hampshire and Vermont to the north, and New York to the west. The state is named after the Massachusett tribe, which once inhabited the east side of the area, and is one of the original thirteen states. The capital of Massachusetts is Boston, which is also the most populous city in New England. Over 80% of Massachusetts's population lives in the Greater Boston metropolitan area, a region influential upon American history, academia, and industry. Originally dependent on agriculture, fishing and trade, Massachusetts was transformed into a manufacturing center during the Industrial Revolution. During the 20th century, Massachusetts's economy shifted from manufacturing to services. Modern Massachusetts is a global leader in biotechnology, engineering, higher education, finance, and maritime trade.

New England is a region composed of six states in the northeastern United States: Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. It is bordered by the state of New York to the west and by the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick to the northeast and Quebec to the north. The Atlantic Ocean is to the east and southeast, and Long Island Sound is to the south. Boston is New England's largest city, as well as the capital of Massachusetts. The largest metropolitan area, with nearly a third of New England's population, is Greater Boston, which also includes Worcester, Massachusetts, Manchester, New Hampshire, and Providence, Rhode Island.

The toponym "Grand Lake Bostonnais" was officially registered on December 5, 1968, at the Bank of place names in Commission de toponymie du Québec (Geographical Names Board of Québec)^[1]

The Commission de toponymie du Québec is the Government of Québec's public body responsible for cataloging, preserving, making official and publicize Québec's place names and their origins according to the province's toponymy rules. It also provides recommendations to the government with regard to toponymic changes.

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References

↑ "Commission de toponymie du Québec (Geographical Names Board of Québec)-Bank of place names-Grand Lake Bostonnais (Grand lac Bostonnais)".

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[1] "Commission de toponymie du Québec (Geographical Names Board of Québec)-Bank of place names-Grand Lake Bostonnais (Grand lac Bostonnais)".

Grand Lake Bostonnais

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