Lac-du-Taureau
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| Province : | Quebec | ||
| Administrative region : | Lanaudière | ||
| MRC or equivalent : | Matawinie | ||
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 43 ′ N , 73 ° 50 ′ W | ||
 Shore on Lac du Taureau |
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The unincorporated territory ( Territoire non organisé ) Lac-du-Taureau is part of the regional county municipality of Matawinie in the Administrative Region Lanaudière in Quebec (Canada).
In the regional park Parc régional du Lac Taureau is the reservoir Réservoir Taureau with an area of 95 km², 54 islands and 31.7 kilometers of shoreline. The Rivière Matawin is dammed by the 1925-1931, 720 m long and 26 m high Barrage Matawin dam. The reservoir has a volume of 348,000,000 m³, the catchment area is 4070 km².
The area, a two- hour drive from Montreal , is becoming increasingly touristy.
literature
- AA Assani, T. Buffin-Bélanger and AG Roy (2002): Impacts of a dam on the hydrologic regime of the Matawin river (Québec, Canada). In: Rev. Sci. Eau. 15 (2): 557-574. (Article in French), original title: Analyze d'impacts d'un barrage sur le régime hydrologique de la rivière Matawin (Québec, Canada) (PDF; 1.0 MB)