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:- north side: Rivière à la Catin, Bras à Pierre, Saint-Jean River, Éternité River, Saguenay River;
- east side: Lac de la Hauteur, Poulin Lake, Lac à Papa, Huard Lake, Bazile Lake (Mont-Élie);
- south side: Épinglette brook, Ouskyatou Lake, Scott Lake, Scott Creek, Malbaie River;
- west side: Épinglette brook, lac des Hauteurs, Cami River, Desprez Lake, Ha! Ha! River.
- west of a bay in Lac des Hauteurs;
- southwest of Lac Poulin;
- northwest of Lac Épinglette;
- north of the course of the Malbaie River;
- south-east of the confluence of Rivière à la Catin and Saint-Jean River;
- south-west of the confluence of the Saint-Jean River and the Saguenay River;
- south-east of downtown Saguenay (city).
- the rivière à la Catin on towards the North;
- the Cami River on towards the North;
- the Saint-Jean River on generally towards the northeast;
- L'Anse-Saint-Jean on towards the north;
- the Saguenay River on eastward to Tadoussac where it merges with the Saint Lawrence estuary.