Savane Lake (Lac-Pikauba)

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Savane Lake
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Savane Lake
Location Lac-Pikauba and Baie-Saint-Paul, La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality and Charlevoix Regional County Municipality, Capitale-Nationale, Quebec, Canada
Coordinates 47°26′40″N70°52′30″W / 47.44444°N 70.87500°W / 47.44444; -70.87500 Coordinates: 47°26′40″N70°52′30″W / 47.44444°N 70.87500°W / 47.44444; -70.87500
Primary inflows Lake Mestashibo outlet and Portage stream.
Primary outflows Rivière Savane du Nord
Basin  countriesCanada
Max. length3.8 km (2.4 mi)
Max. width0.9 km (0.56 mi)
Surface elevation812 m (2,664 ft)

The lac Savane (English: Savannah lake) is a body of fresh water located northeast of the city of Quebec, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. This body of water straddles the regional county municipalities of:

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Savane Lake is served by a few secondary forest roads for forestry purposes. [1] Forestry is the main economic activity in this valley; recreational tourism, second.

Because of the altitude, the surface of Savane Lake is generally frozen from the end of November to the beginning of April; however, safe circulation on the ice is generally done from the beginning of December until the beginning of April.

Geography

The eastern shore of the lake turns out to be the southeastern limit of the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve. This deep lake between the mountains is located at:

This lake has a length of 3.8 kilometres (2.4 mi), a width of 0.9 kilometres (0.56 mi) and an altitude of 812 metres (2,664 ft). The outlet of the lake is located on the northeast side and empties into the rivière Savane du Nord. Lake Savane is mainly fed by:

Savane Lake is an artificial body of water formed by the construction in 1923 of a dam at its mouth. This infrastructure was used to control the water supply to the reservoir of the Sept-Chutes power station on the Sainte-Anne river. This power station was decommissioned in 1983 and since the wooden infrastructure of the dam is no longer used. [3]

From its mouth, the current goes down following the course of the Rivière Savane du Nord, then flows on first towards the south-east, then the south-west, following the course of the Sainte-Anne river, which crosses downtown Beaupré, to the northwest shore of the Saint-Laurent river. [2]

Toponymy

In the past, this body of water was designated "Grand lac Savane".

The toponym "lac Savane" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec. [4]

See also

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