Lac Sauvage (English: Wild lake) is a freshwater lake in the Mont-Blanc municipality of Quebec, Canada.
| Lac Sauvage | |
|---|---|
  Lac Sauvage | |
| Location | Bas-Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada |
| Coordinates | 46°03′01″N 74°31′19″W / 46.05028°N 74.52194°W |
| Type | Freshwater lake |
| Basin countries | Canada |
| Managing agency | Organisme de bassins versants des rivières Rouge, Petite Nation et Saumon (OBV RPNS) |
| Surface area | 50 ha (120 acres) |
| Max. depth | 13.8 m (45 ft) |
| Water volume | 4.9 million cubic metres (4,000 acre⋅ft) |
| Surface elevation | 319 m (1,047 ft) |
| References | [1] |
A sealed road circumnavigates all but the Western shore of the lake, serving the cottages of the local residents. Powered craft such as motorboats have been forbidden since 1990.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Lac Sauvage". L'Atlas des lacs des Laurentides (in French). Conseil régional de l’environnement des Laurentides. 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- ^ Service de l’urbanisme et de l’environnement. "Lac Sauvage" (PDF) (in French). Municipalité de Saint-Faustin Lac-Carré. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-08-09.
External links
edit- Association pour la protection de l'environnement du Lac Sauvage (APELS) [Association for the environmental protection of Lac Sauvage - english version]