Plamondon Bay is a body of freshwater located in the western part of Gouin Reservoir, in the territory of the town of La Tuque, in the administrative region of the Mauricie, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. This bay extends mainly in the township of Hanotaux and in the township of Crémazie. Recreotourism activities are the main economic activity of the sector. Forestry comes second. The hydrographic slope of Plamondon Bay is served by the R1045 forest road from the village of Obedjiwan, Quebec and passing on the northwest side of the Gouin Reservoir, as well as by the R1009 forest road passing on the west side Plamondon Bay and Hanotaux Bay. These two roads intersect at northwest of the mouth of Plamondon Creek. A secondary road serves the west side of Plamondon Bay and Plamondon Creek; another road passes on the east side. The surface of Plamondon Bay is usually frozen from mid-November to the end of April, however safe ice circulation is generally from early December to the end of March.
Geography
The main hydrographic slopes near Plamondon Bay are:
Plamondon Bay, which is a length of, looks like a witch's arm: the south-west part of the bay is the hand with long scratched fingers, the area of the exit of the bay constitutes the misshapen elbow and the northern part represents the upper part up to the witch's shoulder. This body of water is described as follows:
the northern part of the bay stretches over forming several secondary bays and collecting the waters of Plamondon Creek ;
the southwestern part includes a bay of stretching as far as the canton of Hanotaux;
the South-East part has an archipelago whose largest island has a length of, as well as numerous bays and peninsulas. This part of the bay stretches to the south-east to the exit of the bay which narrows through two straits of a width of about 200 meters each before reaching the west shore of the Du Mâle Lake.
Plamondon Bay is mainly fed by the Plamondon Creek which flows to the bottom of the northern part of Plamondon Bay at south of the southern limit of the Lacasse township. The mouth of Plamondon Bay is located in the Southeast at:
southeast of the mouth of Plamondon Creek;
west of the mouth of the Kaopatinak Pass which connects the southwestern part of the Du Mâle Lake and the bays of the Southwest, to rest of Gouin Reservoir;
south-west of the village center of Obedjiwan, Quebec which is located on a peninsula on the north shore of Gouin Reservoir;
From the mouth of Plamondon Bay, the current flows over to Gouin Dam, according to the following segments:
northeasterly across the western part of Gouin Reservoir including the Du Mâle Lake to the south of Obedjiwan, Quebec;
to the east, crossing in particular Marmette Lake, then to the South-East crossing notably Brochu Lake, then towards across the Kikendatch Bay until Gouin Dam.
From this dam, the current flows along the Saint-Maurice River to Trois-Rivières where it flows onto the North Shore of the St. Lawrence River.
