Lake Manitou (Lac-Jérôme)


Lake Manitou is a lake in the Côte-Nord region of the province of Quebec, Canada. The Manitou River flows through the lake from north to south, and continues to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.

Location

Lake Manitou is in the unorganized territory of Lac-Jérôme in the Minganie Regional County Municipality of Quebec.
It is one of three large lakes on the Manitou River, the others being Aigle Lake in the north and Eudist Lake in the south.
It is in the center-south of the Manitou River basin and covers.
The lake is almost long but only wide, formed by flooding an old trough-shaped glacial valley with steep sides that rise to over in places.
The lake is from the river's mouth.
It is accessible only by float plane.

Environment

A map of the ecological regions of Quebec shows the lake is in sub-region 6j-S of the east spruce/moss subdomain.

Fish

The Pourvoirie Mabec provides outfitting services for fishing and hunting on and around the lake.
The Pourvoirie Mabec has exclusive rights.
Eugène Rouillard wrote in 1908 that trout were abundant in the Manitou River and Lake Manitou, with a length of.
Brook trout are often over, and Arctic char are often over.
A survey of the Innu population of Mingan in 2007 reported that many of them practiced both ice fishing and summer fishing on the lake.