| Kenogami lake | |
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  Kenogami lake  Kenogami lake | |
| Location | Saguenay /Lac-Ministuk /Larouche /Hébertville,Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean,Quebec |
| Coordinates | 48°19′36″N71°22′34″W / 48.32667°N 71.37611°W /48.32667; -71.37611 |
| Type | Dam lake |
| Primary inflows | South shore: rivière Simoncouche rivière Cyriac décharge du lac Gilles ruisseau McDonald ruisseau Patrie rivière Pikauba décharge des Lac de la Petite Pêche North Shore (Cascouia Bay): décharge du lac Charnois décharge du lac Lésigny décharge du lac Leclerc décharge du lac Culotte décharge du lac Décène ruisseau du Pont Flottant North Shore: décharge du lac Central, du lac à Booyi et du lac Houle décharge du lac Alphonse et du lac Emma décharge du lac à Jean décharge du lac à Pierre-Guby Petite rivière aux Sables ruisseau Jean-Dechène décharge du lac Warren décharge du lac de la Ligne |
| Primary outflows | Chicoutimi River andRivière-aux-Sables |
| Basin countries | Canada |
| Max. length | 27.24 km (16.93 mi) |
| Max. width | 6.87 km (4.27 mi) |
| Surface area | 57 km2 (22 sq mi) |
| Max. depth | 102 m (335 ft) |
| Shore length1 | catchment |
| Surface elevation | 150 m (490 ft) |
| Settlements | Lac-Kénogami,Hébertville station |
| 1 Shore length isnot a well-defined measure. | |
Kenogami lake is a longlake in theSaguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of south-centralQuebec,[1]Canada. Situated at an altitude of 150 m (490 ft), the lake is 27 km (17 mi) long and 11 to 102 m (36 to 335 ft) deep. "Kénogami" means "long lake" in the Montagnais dialect and was originally used to refer toKenogami Lake, Ontario.[1]
It is situated in theLaurentian Highlands 150 km (93 mi) north of theSaint Lawrence River, into which it drains via theSaguenay River through theChicoutimi and Aux-Sables Rivers.
The lake is fed by dozens of small rivers coming from theLaurentian Highlands. The three principal being the Pikauba, Cyriac and Aux-Ecorces Rivers. The towns on its shores includeLac-Kénogami, andHébertville station.
The area around the lake is served on the east side byroute 175 (boulevard Talbot); on the north side by the Kénogami road, the Route des Bâtisseurs and the Saint-Dominique street inJonquière. A few secondary roads have been built in the area for the needs of hydroelectricity, forestry, recreational tourism and residents of this area (especially the northern part of the lake).[2]
Hydroelectricity is the main economic activity in this sector; recreational tourism activities, second; forestry, third.
The surface of Lake Kénogami is usually frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, however the safe circulation on the ice is generally made from mid-December to mid-March.
Having for main hydrographic basin theLaurentides Wildlife Reserve (by riversPikauba,Cyriac andaux Écorces), this body of water, with an area of 59.1 km (36.72 mi) and a volume of 380 million m3 of water, is the source of the riversChicoutimi andAux Sables.[3]
On its shores are the municipalities ofHébertville,Larouche and the former municipalities ofLaterrière andLac-Kénogami now part of the city ofSaguenay.
The reservoir waters are retained by the damsPortage-des-Roches,Pibrac-Est andPibrac-Ouest as well as the Ouiqui, Baie- dikes Cascouia, Moncouche, Coulée-Gagnon, Creek Outlet (1, 2 and 3) and Pibrac (East and West).
This lake has two outlets:
The main characteristics (bays, points, islands) around the lake are (clockwise from the outletChicoutimi River):
South Shore
North Shore
Épiphane Bay and Cascouia Bay
Around Jean-Guy Island
Main buildings around the lake
From thebarrage de Portage-des-Roches, corresponding to the mouth of Lake Kénogami, the current follows the course of theChicoutimi River on 26.2 km (16.3 mi) towards the east, then the northeast and the course of theSaguenay River on 114.6 km (71.2 mi) eastward toTadoussac where it merges with theSaint Lawrence estuary.[4]
The toponym "Lac Kénogami" was formalized on December 5, 1968 at the Bank of Place Names of theCommission de toponymie du Québec.[5]
