Lac Walker
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| Geographical location | Côte-Nord in Québec (Canada) | |
| Tributaries | Rivière aux Rochers , Rivière Schmon | |
| Drain | Rivière aux Rochers | |
| Location close to the shore | Port-Cartier | |
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| Coordinates | 50 ° 18 ′ N , 67 ° 9 ′ W | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 100 m | |
| length | 33 km | |
| width | 2 km | |
| Maximum depth | 280 m | |
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particularities |
deepest lake in Quebec |
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The Lac Walker is a lake in the Administrative Region Côte-Nord in the Canadian province of Quebec .
Lac Walker is located 25 km west-northwest of Port-Cartier in the south of the Labrador Peninsula in the MRC Sept-Rivières . The elongated lake has a north-south orientation. It is located at a height of 100 m and extends over a length of 33 km. The maximum width is around 2 km. Its maximum depth is 280 m. This makes it the deepest lake in Québec. At the north end, the rivers Rivière aux Rochers and Rivière Schmon flow into Lac Walker. At the southern end, the Rivière aux Rochers drains the Lac Walker.
The lake was named after Sir Hovenden Walker (1656-1725 or 1728), a British admiral of Irish descent.