Lac Surprise

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Lac Surprise
Geographical location Jamésie , North du Québec in Québec (Canada)
Tributaries Rivière Roy
Drain Rivière RoyRivière OpawicaRivière Waswanipi
Location close to the shore Chapais
Data
Coordinates 49 ° 20 '38 "  N , 74 ° 52' 37"  W Coordinates: 49 ° 20 '38 "  N , 74 ° 52' 37"  W.
Lac Surprise (Québec)
Lac Surprise
surface 55 km²

The Lac Surprise is a lake in the regional county municipality Jamesie in the southwest of the Canadian province of Quebec .

The 55 km² large lake is 45 km south of Chapais . It is traversed by the Rivière Roy , a left tributary of the Rivière Opawica , in a northerly direction. The water of Lac Surprise flows over several rapids to Lac Caopatina in the north .

The lake officially bears his name since 1935. Surprise is the French word for "surprise". More than 20 other lakes in Quebec have the same name.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Commission de toponymie du Québec - Lac Surprise