Lake Mégantic
Lake Mégantic (, ) is a body of water in Québec, located in the Appalachian Mountains near the U.S. border. It is a source of the Chaudière River which drains into the St Lawrence River at Québec City. The lake has a surface area of with several villages and small towns on its shores, including Lac-Mégantic, Frontenac, Marston, and Piopolis. It is part of Le Granit Regional County Municipality, a rural region where forestry and granite extraction are important activities. Toponymy. The name may derive from "Namagôntekw", which in the Abenaki language means "place where there is trout in  the lake". The name has had many variants, including "Amaguntik" on maps documenting the 1775 American invasion of Quebec. Physical geography. The water surface is above mean sea level and the lake has an average depth of ; its total surface area is , with a total shoreline of . Its length is about and it has an average width of . Conservation. It is the site of the Lake Megantic Marsh, a 755 hectare habitat that hosts migratory birds and is a breeding site.