Kénogami Lake
Kenogami lake is a long lake in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of south-central Quebec, Canada. Situated at an altitude of , the lake is long and deep. "Kénogami" means "long lake" in the Montagnais dialect and was originally used to refer to Kenogami Lake, Ontario. It is situated in the Laurentian Highlands north of the Saint Lawrence River, into which it drains via the Saguenay River through the Chicoutimi and Aux-Sables Rivers. The lake is fed by dozens of small rivers coming from the Laurentian Highlands. The three principal being the Pikauba, Cyriac and Aux -Ecorces Rivers. The towns on its shores include Lac-Kénogami, and Hébertville station. The area around the lake is served on the east side by route 175 (boulevard Talbot); on the north side by the Kénogami road, the Route des Bâtisseurs and the Saint-Dominique street in Jonquière. 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). 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. Geography. Having for main hydrographic basin the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve (by rivers Pikauba, Cyriac and aux Écorces), this body of water, with an area of and a volume of 380 million m3 of water, is the source of the rivers Chicoutimi and Aux Sables. On its shores are the municipalities of Hébertville, Larouche and the former municipalities of Laterrière and Lac-Kénogami now part of the city of Saguenay. The reservoir waters are  retained by the dams Portage-des-Roches, Pibrac-Est and Pibrac-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 outlet Chicoutimi River): South Shore North Shore Épiphane Bay and Cascouia Bay Around Jean-Guy Island Main buildings around the lake From the barrage de Portage-des-Roches, corresponding to the mouth of Lake Kénogami, the current follows the course of the Chicoutimi River on towards the east , then the northeast and the course of the Saguenay River on eastward to Tadoussac where it merges with the Saint Lawrence estuary. Toponymy. The toponym "Lac Kénogami" was formalized on December 5, 1968 at the Bank of Place Names of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.