| Lake Nicolet | |
|---|---|
| Lac Nicolet (French) | |
 Lake Nicolet seen from Gosford street, near Saints-Martyrs-Canadiens | |
  Lake Nicolet | |
| Location | Canada, Quebec, Centre-du-Québec, Arthabaska Regional County Municipality |
| Coordinates | 45°49′48″N 71°33′37″W / 45.83°N 71.56028°W / 45.83; -71.56028 |
| Primary outflows | Nicolet River |
| Catchment area | 9.4 kilometres (5.84 mi) |
| Max. length | 5.1 kilometres (3.2 mi) |
| Max. width | 1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi) |
| Surface area | 4.1 kilometres (2.55 mi) |
| Average depth | 17 metres (56 ft) |
| Max. depth | 41 metres (135 ft) |
| Surface elevation | 350 metres (1,150 ft) |
| Frozen | Mid December to end of April |
| Islands | Boulanger, Linke, L'Heureux, Baril, Michel-Rheault, Rolland. |
Note: not to be confused with another "Lake Nicolet", in Michigan (USA), on the St. Marys River (Michigan–Ontario) which links Lake Superior with Lake Huron.
Lake Nicolet (in French: lac Nicolet) is located 50 km south of Victoriaville, in the municipality of Saints-Martyrs-Canadiens, in Arthabaska Regional County Municipality (MRC), in administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, Canada.
Lake Nicolet is the source of the Nicolet River which flows 137 kilometres (85 mi) to the southeast shore of lake Saint-Pierre, in Nicolet. The latest is crossed through the North-East by the St. Lawrence River.
This lake is surrounded by Chemin du Lac-Nicolet (north-west side) and Chemin Gosford-Sud (south-east side).
The lake takes its name from Jean Nicolet (1598 - 1642), a French explorer at the time of New France who is known to have been the first European to explore Lake Michigan.
Geography
Lake Nicolet is 5.1 kilometres (3.2 mi) long and 1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi) wide, resembling a misshapen crescent surrounded by mountains. It has seven islands: Boulanger, Baril, Linke, L'Heureux, à Michel-Rheault, Rolland and a little unnamed island. The main mountain peaks around the lake are: Brûlé Mountain (500 metres (1,600 ft)) at 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) on the south side of the bay leading to the mouth of the lake; a 419 metres (1,375 ft) vertex on the west side and another on the southeast side (492 metres (1,614 ft)). This lake has a hundred chalets all around.
Toponymy
The toponym "Lac Nicolet" was made official on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.
See also
- Nicolet River
- Centre-du-Québec, administrative region
References
- "Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada". Retrieved December 31, 2020.
Features extracted from the map geographic, database and site instrumentation
- Commission de toponymie du Québec - Place name bank - Toponym: "Lac Nicolet"