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Honorine Lake

Coordinates: 47°41′30″N 71°19′56″W / 47.69167°N 71.332221°W / 47.69167; -71.332221
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Honorine Lake
Honorine Lake is located in Quebec
Honorine Lake
Honorine Lake
Location in Quebec
LocationLac-Jacques-Cartier (TNO), La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality, Capitale-Nationale, Quebec, Canada
Coordinates47°41′30″N 71°19′56″W / 47.69167°N 71.332221°W / 47.69167; -71.332221
Lake typeNatural
Primary inflows(clockwise from the mouth) Ruisseaux riverains et décharge des lacs Bert et Mongeau
Primary outflowsLaunière River
Basin countriesCanada
Max. length2.8 km (1.7 mi)
Max. width0.7 km (0.43 mi)
Surface elevation844 m (2,769 ft)

The lac Honorine is a freshwater body on the hydrographic side of the Launière River, of the Jacques-Cartier River, in the unorganized territory of Lac-Jacques-Cartier, in the La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in the province, in Quebec, Canada.

The area around the lake is indirectly served by the route 175 which passes on the east side. A few secondary forest roads serve this area for forestry and recreational tourism purposes.[1]

Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second.

The surface of Lake Honorine is usually frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, however the safe circulation on the ice is generally made from mid-December to mid-March.

Geography

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The main hydrographic slopes near Lake Honorine are:

Lake Honorine has a length of 2.8 kilometres (1.7 mi), a width of 0.7 kilometres (0.43 mi) and an altitude of 844 metres (2,769 ft). This lake is mainly fed by riparian streams, by the outlet (coming from the northeast) from lakes Berth and Mongeau and by a stream (coming from the southeast). This lake is surrounded by mountains on the east and south sides, whose peaks reach 960 metres (3,150 ft) to the northeast and 1,001 metres (3,284 ft) to the southwest. The dike at the mouth of Lake Honorine is located to the northwest, at:

From the mouth of Lake Honorine, the current follows the course of the Launière River consecutively over generally south, the course of the Jacques-Cartier River on generally towards the south where it merges with the Saint Lawrence River.[2]

Toponymy

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The term "Honorine" is a first name of French origin.

The toponym Lac Honorine was formalized on December 5, 1968, by the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Open Street Map - Accessed December 28, 2019
  2. ^ a b "Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada - Characteristics extracted from the geographic map, the database and the instrumentation of the site". 12 September 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
  3. ^ "lac Honorine". Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
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