Amédée Lake (Baie-Comeau)

The lake Amédée is a freshwater body of the watershed of the Amédée River, in the territory of the town of Baie-Comeau, in the Manicouagan Regional County Municipality, on the Côte-Nord, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.

Amédée Lake
Amédée Lake
LocationBaie-Comeau, Québec, Canada
Coordinates
Primary outflowsAmédée River
Basin countriesCanada
Max. length2.6 kilometres (1.6 mi)
Max. width1.1 kilometres (0.68 mi)
Surface elevation81 metres (266 ft)
SettlementsBaie-Comeau

The area around Lake Amédée is served by a few forest roads. The eastern part of the Amédée river valley is indirectly served by the Trans-Quebec-Labrador highway (route 389).[1]

Forestry is the main economic activity around the lake.[2]

The surface of Lake Amédée is usually frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March; however, traffic on the ice is generally safe from mid-December to mid-March.

Geography

Lac Amédée is located in the northwestern part of the territory of the town of Baie-Comeau. This lake in the western part of thae township of Laflèche is the main body of water on the slope of the river of the same name. Lac Amédée has a length of 2.6 km (1.6 mi), a maximum width of 1.1 km (0.68 mi) and an altitude of 81 m (266 ft).[2]

From the mouth of Lake Amédée, the current descends on 10.1 km (6.3 mi) generally towards the south-east following the course of the Amédée River, in particular by crossing the urban territory of Baie-Comeau, to flow onto the north shore of the Manicouagan estuary.

Toponym

Formerly, the hydromyne "Lac Amédée" was designated "Lac aux Perchaudes" and "Lac à l'Aigle". The acronym "lac Amédée" has appeared since at least 1933 on cartographic documents.

This acronym evokes the memory of foreman Amédée Couillard-Després, first manager of the Manicouagan sawmill. This company was founded in 1898 in Baie-Comeau by the Damase brothers and Henri Jalbert. This company specialized in cutting logs to make lumber (especially planks); these products were intended for export to Europe.

The toponym "lac Amédée" was formalized on December 5, 1968 at the Place Names Bank of the "Commission de toponymie du Québec".[3]

See also

Notes and references
  1. Open Street Map - Accessed July 8, 2020
  2. "Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada | Characteristics extracted from the geographic map, the bank of data and instrumentation of the site". Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  3. Commission de toponymie du Québec - Lac Amédée


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