Pika Lake


The Pika Lake is a fresh body of water constituting the main head lake of the Pika River on the watershed of the Saguenay River. Lac Pika is located in the unorganized territory of Lac-Achouakan, in the Lac-Saint-Jean-Est Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. This lake is located in the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve.
This small valley is served indirectly by the route 169 and some secondary roads for the needs of forestry, recreational tourism activities.
Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism is the second.
The surface of Lake Pika 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

The main watersheds near Lake Pika are:
Lake Pika has a length of in the shape of an inverted V, a width of and an altitude of. This lake is narrowing due to a peninsula attached to the southwest shore.
This lake is mainly fed by the outlet of Lake Audubon, the outlet of Lakes Pluto, Neptune de l'Arsin and Ravine, as well as the outlet of Lake Riffon. The mouth of this lake is located at:
  • west of Hocquart Lake ;
  • north-west of Lac du Panache ;
  • southeast of Lac Morin;
  • north-west of the confluence of the Rivière aux Canots and Rivière aux Canots Est;
  • south-west of route 169;
  • south of the confluence of the Pika river and the Pikauba River;
  • east of Rivière aux Écorces.
From the mouth of Lake Pika, the current follows the course of the Pika River on consecutively, the course of the Pikauba River on north to the confluence with Kenogami Lake; it crosses this lake for north-east until dam of Portage-des-Roches; it follows the course of the Chicoutimi River on to the east, then the northeast and the course of the Saguenay River on east to Tadoussac where it merges with the Saint Lawrence estuary.

Toponymy

The toponym "Lac Pika" was formalized on December 5, 1968, by the Commission de toponymie du Québec.

Appendices

Related articles

Category:Rivers of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
Category:Regional county municipalities in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
Category:Laurentides Wildlife Reserve