Otis Lake (Saint-Félix-d'Otis)


The lac Otis is a body of water tributary of the southern slope of the Saguenay River via the "ruisseau aux Cailles". It is located in the municipality of Saint-Félix-d'Otis, in the Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality from the administrative region Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.
The southern part of Lake Otis is served by route 170, that is the main street which passes to the village of the hamlet Lac-Goth and to the village of Saint-Félix-d'Otis going west. A few other secondary forest roads serve the lake sector for forestry and recreational tourism activities. Several dozen chalets are set up, especially around the south-eastern bay where the village of Saint-Félix-d'Otis and the north-eastern bay are located.
Vacationing is the main economic activity in the sector; forestry, second.
The surface of Lake Otis is usually frozen from the end of November to the beginning of April, however the safe circulation on the ice is generally done from mid-December to the end of March.

Geography

The main watersheds near Lake Otis are:
Lake Otis has a length of in the shape of a boat anchor, a maximum width of, an altitude is and an area of.
Otis Lake follows the shape of a hook, the top of which is the village bay and the end of the hook being the Anse à Pierre.
The mouth of Otis Lake is located in a bay northwest of the lake, at:
From the mouth of Lake Otis, the current descends the "ruisseau aux Cailles" for to the northeast, then the northwest, to Anse aux Cailles on the shore south of the Saguenay River; then the current descends to the east the Saguenay River on to Tadoussac where the latter river flows into the St. Lawrence river.

Toponymy

The toponym "Lac Otis" was formalized on December 5, 1968, by the Commission de toponymie du Québec.

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