Lac à la Catin


The Lac à la Catin is a fresh body of water in the watershed of the rivière à la Catin and the Saint-Jean River. This body of water is located in the municipality of L'Anse-Saint-Jean, in the Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.
A few secondary forest roads including R0361 provide access to the Lac à la Catin watershed; these roads connect to route 381 which runs along the Ha! Ha! River. These roads allow forestry and recreational tourism activities.
Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second.
The surface of Lac à la Catin is usually frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, however the safe circulation on the ice is generally done from mid-December to mid-March.

Geography

The mouth of Lac à la Catin is located about north of the boundary of the administrative regions of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean and Capitale-Nationale. The main watersheds neighboring Lac à la Catin are:
Lac à la Catin has a length of in the shape of a cucumber star, a maximum width of, an altitude is and an area of. Its shape is broken by two peninsulas, one of which is attached to the north shore and the other is attached to the west shore. Its mouth is located to the northwest, at:
From the confluence of Lac à la Catin, the current follows the course of:
The toponym "Lac à la Catin" was formalized on December 5, 1968, by the Commission de toponymie du Québec.

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