Lac aux Biscuits


The lac aux Biscuits is located in Haute-Batiscanie in the municipality of Lac-Édouard, Quebec, in La Tuque, in the administrative region of the Mauricie, in the province of Quebec, Canada. The watershed discharge of "Lac aux Biscuits" is 247 km², the sixth largest pool of Batiscanie.

Geography

"Cookies lake" has a length of 2.4 km and a width of 0.8 km. Its mouth is located at the south-west of the lake and its waters discharge into a small river of 2.4 km, which drains into another lake that is part the Batiscan River.
"Cookies lake" is located at 5.6 km southeast of the village of Lac-Édouard, Quebec, at 48 km north-east of La Tuque. Its mouth is at 0.7 km northeast of Lac-à-la-Croix and north-east of "Club Triton" in the Seigneurie du Triton. Excluding the North bay, the shape of lake is akin to a growing open towards the southeast, surrounding the lake John-Bull, located close. The "Blueberries Island" is located almost at the middle of the lake, opposite to the outlet of John-Bull lake.
"Cookies Lake" is fed in North-East by two rivers:
"Cookies Lake" is located at the extreme West of sub-watershed the same name. This sub-watershed covers and fact part of the head the waters of the Batiscanie, Quebec, constituting the sub-basin the more north of the Batiscanie, Quebec. This sub-basin includes dozens of lakes such as Aberdeen, Witherbee, Cleveland, McMilen, Lispenard, of "Plan Perdu" ... "Cookies Lake" is located entirely in a forest environment and is surrounded by high mountains on the northern side. Its surface is frozen normally from November to April. The level of water from "Cookies Lake" is in of altitude. By the elevation of the sub-watershed of "Cookies Lake" upper waterbodies, is considered a second head of the Batiscan River.

Toponymy

The toponym "Cookies Lake" was formalized as of December 5, 1968 in the Bank of place names of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.

History

The sector "Lac aux Biscuits" really started to be exploited thanks to railway built to the any late 19th century, connecting Hervey-Jonction, Quebec to Chambord, Quebec passing by the Lac-Édouard, Quebec. Travellers and forest workers used mostly the "Gare du Triton", located in the Lordship of Triton. The "Cookies Lake" is especially characterized by forestry cuts conceded by the Government of Quebec, as well as hunting and fishing.