Lac Bienville
| Lac Bienville | ||
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| Geographical location | Nunavik region in North du Québec , Québec (Canada) | |
| Tributaries | Grande rivière de la Baleine | |
| Drain | Grande rivière de la Baleine | |
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| Coordinates | 55 ° 5 ′ N , 72 ° 52 ′ W | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 426 m | |
| surface | 1 047 km² | |
| Catchment area | 21,000 km² | |
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Lac Bienville is a lake in the Canadian province of Québec , in the Nunavik region in north du Québec .
The lake is located about 300 km east of Hudson Bay on the Labrador Peninsula . It is 428 m above sea level and has a water area of 1047 km² and a total area including islands of 1249 km². The river Grande rivière de la Baleine forms the outflow of the lake to Hudson Bay.
To the east of the lake, the hilly landscape rises to a height of 700 m . There is the watershed between the Caniapiscau Reservoir further east , which belongs to the catchment area of Ungava Bay , and Lac Bienville, which is drained to Hudson Bay.
The lake was named after Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville (1680–1767).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Commission de toponymie du Québec - Lac Bienville
- ↑ a b Natural Resources Canada - The Atlas of Canada - Lakes ( Memento from January 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ R-ArcticNet - BIENVILLE (LAC)