Lac Bacqueville

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Lac Bacqueville
Geographical location Nunavik , North du Québec in Québec (Canada)
Drain Rivière La Goudalie
Data
Coordinates 58 ° 7 ′  N , 73 ° 51 ′  W Coordinates: 58 ° 7 ′  N , 73 ° 51 ′  W
Lac Bacqueville (Québec)
Lac Bacqueville
Altitude above sea level 202  m
surface 185 km²
length 58 km
width 5 km

The Lac Bacqueville is a lake in the north of the Canadian province of Quebec .

The lake is located 40 km east of Lac Chavigny , 80 km northeast of Lac Minto and 90 km southwest of Lac La Potherie . The elongated lake with west-east orientation has a strongly structured shoreline. It has a length of 58 km and a width of over 5 km. The lake area is 185 km². The lake is located in the area of ​​the Canadian Shield at an altitude of about 202  m . Lac Bacqueville is drained by the Rivière La Goudalie , a left tributary of the Rivière aux Feuilles .

The lake was named in memory of Seigneur de Bacqueville et de La Potherie, Claude Charles Le Roy (1663-1736).

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e f Commission de toponymie du Québec - Lac Bacqueville