Lac au Sable (Mont-Élie)


The Lac au Sable is a body of water crossed from south to north by the Petit Saguenay River, in the unorganized territory of Mont-Élie, in the Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality of the administrative region Capitale-Nationale, in Quebec, at Canada.
The south-eastern part of "Lac au Sable" is served by the forest road R064. This road approaches to south of "Lac au Bouleau".
Forestry is the sector's main economic activity; recreotourism activities, second.
The surface of "Lac au Sable" is usually frozen from the end of November to the beginning of April, however safe circulation on the ice is generally done from mid-December to the end of March.

Geography

The main watersheds neighboring "Lac au Sable" are:
The "Lac au Sable" has a length of. The Petit Saguenay River successively crosses "Lac au Sable" from south to north, Lac au Bouleau and the eastern part of Emmuraillé Lake .
The mouth of "Lac au Sable" is located at:
From the mouth of "Lac au Sable", the current descends the Petit Saguenay River for north, northeast, then north to the south bank of the Saguenay River which the current then crosses on eastwards to Tadoussac where this last river flows into the Saint Lawrence River.

Toponymy

The toponym "lac au Sable" was formalized on December 5, 1968, by the Commission de toponymie du Québec.

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