Grandbois Lake
Lac Grandbois is a freshwater body straddling the municipalities of Rivière-à-Pierre and Saint-Raymond, in Portneuf Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. Lac Grandbois proves to be the main head of the Noire River.
The west side of the lake is served by a forest road linking north the main street of Rivière-à-Pierre; the east side is served by a forest path linking south the Petit-lac-Batiscan path which runs along Perron stream.
Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second. This lake is located on the east side of zec Batiscan-Neilson and on the south side of the territory of Portneuf Wildlife Reserve.
The surface of Lac Grandbois 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
Lac Grandbois has a length of and an altitude of. He gets his supplies from:- southwest side: by the outlet of Lac Noir via the marsh bay of the southern part of Lac Grandbois;
- north side: by the outlet of Lake Alba, which flows into a bay stretching over to the west;
- north side: by the outlet of lakes Huard, Fénelon and Croissy;
- northeast side: by the outlet of Monchel Lake.
- to the south by the Noire River;
- southwards by the Sainte-Anne River which flows on the northwest bank of the Saint-Laurent river.