402 metres (1,319ft) (altitude varying according to the water management of the Gouin dam)
The Lake Marmette is a freshwater body located in the Center-North part of Gouin Reservoir, in the territory of the town of La Tuque (in the South-East of village of Obedjiwan), in the administrative region of Mauricie, in province of Quebec, in Canada.
This lake extends into the townships of Toussaint, McSweeney, Lemay and Marmette.
Recreational tourism activities constitute the main economic activity of the sector because of its strategic position, because pleasure boating must cross this body of water towards the west, by taking the pass located to the south of the eastern tip of the village of Obedjiwan, delimiting the eastern part of Gouin Reservoir. Crossing Toussaint Lake provides access on the south side to Bureau Lake and the western part of Gouin Reservoir via the pass between Kanatakompeak Bay and Aiapew Bay.
The hydrographic slope of lake Marmette is served indirectly on the north side by route 212 connecting the village of Obedjiwan to the east shore of Gouin reservoir; this road provides access to Toussaint Lake and to the various bays on the northeast shore of Gouin Reservoir. A few secondary forest roads have been built on the North-North shore of Gouin Reservoir for logging and recreational activities.
The surface of Marmette Lake is usually frozen from mid-November to the end of April, however safe traffic on the ice is generally from the beginning of December to the end of March. Water management at the Gouin dam can cause significant variations in the water level, particularly at the end of winter when the water is lowered in anticipation of the spring melt.
Geography
Before the end of the construction of La Loutre Dam in 1916, thus creating the Gouin Reservoir, Lake Marmette had a smaller dimension. After the second raising of the Gouin Reservoir in 1948 due to the development of the Gouin Dam, lake Marmette took on its current form.[1]
The main hydrographic slopes near Lac Marmette are:
With a length of 13.5 kilometres (8.4mi) and a maximum width of 5.3 kilometres (3.3mi), Lac Marmette is delimited:
to the West: by a long peninsula going up towards the North (corresponding to the extension of the eastern shore of Bureau Lake) to a pass with a width of 1.8 kilometres (1.1mi). The north shore of this pass is located at the eastern point of Obedjiwan. This pass links Lake Marmette to Toussaint Lake;
in the North: an island with a diameter of 0.9 kilometres (0.56mi) located 0.3 kilometres (0.19mi) from the eastern point of Obdejiwan, marking out the southern part of the Wapisiw Bay;
in the northeast: a narrow (unidentified) island 2.6 kilometres (1.6mi) in length demarcating the southwestern limit on Kawawiekamak Lake; the Kapikakamicik pass separates this island with another unidentified island (length: 2.0 kilometres (1.2mi)) further south; to the northeast: a large (unidentified) island with a length of 22.0 kilometres (13.7mi) (stretching southeast) which is bordered to the north by Kawawiekamak Lake and to the south by McSweeney Lake as well as the northeast part of lake Marmette;
in the East: by an archipelago whose longest island has a length of 6.2 kilometres (3.9mi), marking out the northwestern part of McSweeney Lake.[1]
The mouth of Lake Marmette is located east of the lake, where the current crosses the archipelago, either at:
4.4 kilometres (2.7mi) to the south-east of the pass which separates the eastern part of Gouin Reservoir with Toussaint Lake (Center-North part);
The Gouin Reservoir is a man-made lake, in La Tuque, in Mauricie, in the central portion of the Canadian province of Quebec, fully within the boundaries of the City of La Tuque. It is not one contiguous body of water, but the collective name for a series of connected lakes separated by innumerable bays, peninsulas, and islands with highly irregular shapes. It has therefore a relative long shoreline of over 5,600 km (3,500 mi) compared to its surface area of 1,570 km2 (610 sq mi). It is the source of the Saint-Maurice River.
The Toussaint River is a tributary of the north shore of the Gouin Reservoir, flowing in Quebec, in Canada in the administrative region of:
The Bouzanquet Bay is a vast freshwater body of the south-eastern part of the Gouin Reservoir, in the territory of the town of La Tuque, in Haute-Mauricie, in the administrative region of Mauricie, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.
The Chapman Lake is a vast expanse of freshwater in the central part of the Gouin Reservoir, in the territory of the town of La Tuque, in Haute-Mauricie, in the administrative region of Mauricie, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.
The Lac Bureau is a vast freshwater body of the southwestern part of the Gouin Reservoir, in the territory of the town of La Tuque, in Haute-Mauricie, in the administrative region of Mauricie, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.
The Nemio River is a tributary of the south shore of the Gouin Reservoir, flowing in the town of La Tuque, in the administrative region of Mauricie, in Quebec, in Canada.
The Mistatikamekw River is a tributary of the Oskélanéo River which flows into the South Bay of Bureau Lake, flowing into the town of La Tuque, in the administrative region of Mauricie, in Quebec, in Canada.
The Tessier Lake is a freshwater body located on the south side of the southwestern part of the Gouin Reservoir, in the territory of the town of La Tuque, in the region of Mauricie, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.
The Faucher River is a tributary of Tessier Lake located on the southwestern side of the Gouin Reservoir. This river runs in the town of La Tuque, in the administrative region of Mauricie, in Quebec, in Canada.
Bignell Creek is a tributary of the Adolphe-Poisson Bay located on the southwestern side of the Gouin Reservoir. This stream runs entirely in forest zone in the town of La Tuque, in the administrative region of Mauricie, in Quebec, in Canada.
Plamondon Bay is a body of freshwater located in the western part of Gouin Reservoir, in the territory of the town of La Tuque, in the administrative region of the Mauricie, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.
The Plamondon Creek is a tributary of the Plamondon Bay located in the western part of the Gouin Reservoir. This stream runs entirely in forest zone in the town of La Tuque, in the administrative region of Mauricie, in Quebec, in Canada.
The Male Lake is a freshwater body located in the western part of the Gouin Reservoir, in the territory of the town of La Tuque, in the administrative region of the Mauricie, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.
The Bourgeois Lake is a freshwater body located in the north central part of the Gouin Reservoir, in the territory of the town of La Tuque, in the administrative region of the Mauricie, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.
Thibodeau Bay is a freshwater body located in the north central part of the Gouin Reservoir, in the territory of the town of La Tuque, in the administrative region of the Mauricie, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.
The Simard Lake is a freshwater body located in the northwestern part of Gouin Reservoir, in the territory of the town of La Tuque, in the administrative region of Mauricie, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.
The Saveney Lake is a freshwater body attached to the Adolphe-Poisson Bay, located in the western part of the Gouin Reservoir, in the territory of the City of La Tuque, in the administrative region of Mauricie, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. This lake extends in the cantons of Hanotaux and Poisson.
Miller Lake is a body of freshwater located in the western part of the Gouin Reservoir, in the territory of the town of La Tuque, in the administrative region of the Mauricie, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.
Provancher Creek is a tributary of the upper part of the Mégiscane River located to the west of Gouin Reservoir, flowing entirely into forest area in the town of La Tuque, in the administrative region of Mauricie, in Quebec, in Canada.
The Lake McSweeney is a freshwater body located in the Center-East part of Gouin Reservoir, in the territory of the town of La Tuque, in the administrative region of the Mauricie, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.
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