Kenogami Lake
Kenogami lake is a long lake in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of south-central Quebec, Canada. Situated at an altitude of 150 m (490 ft), the lake is 27 km (17 mi) long and 11 to 102 m (36 to 335 ft) deep. "Kénogami" means "long lake" in the Montagnais dialect and was originally used to refer to Kenogami Lake, Ontario.
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| Location | Saguenay / Lac-Ministuk / Larouche / Hébertville, Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec |
| Coordinates | 48°19′36″N 71°22′34″W |
| Type | Dam lake |
| Primary inflows | South shore: rivière Simoncouche rivière Cyriac décharge du lac Gilles ruisseau McDonald ruisseau Patrie rivière Pikauba décharge des Lac de la Petite Pêche North Shore (Cascouia Bay): décharge du lac Charnois décharge du lac Lésigny décharge du lac Leclerc décharge du lac Culotte décharge du lac Décène ruisseau du Pont Flottant North Shore: décharge du lac Central, du lac à Booyi et du lac Houle décharge du lac Alphonse et du lac Emma décharge du lac à Jean décharge du lac à Pierre-Guby Petite rivière aux Sables ruisseau Jean-Dechène décharge du lac Warren décharge du lac de la Ligne |
| Primary outflows | Chicoutimi River and Rivière-aux-Sables |
| Basin countries | Canada |
| Max. length | 27.24 km (16.93 mi) |
| Max. width | 6.87 km (4.27 mi) |
| Surface area | 57 km2 (22 sq mi) |
| Max. depth | 102 m (335 ft) |
| Shore length1 | catchment |
| Surface elevation | 150 m (490 ft) |
| Settlements | Lac-Kénogami, Hébertville station |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
It is situated in the Laurentian Highlands 150 km (93 mi) north of the Saint Lawrence River, into which it drains via the Saguenay River through the Chicoutimi and Aux-Sables Rivers.
The lake is fed by dozens of small rivers coming from the Laurentian Highlands. The three principal being the Pikauba, Cyriac and Aux-Ecorces Rivers. The towns on its shores include Lac-Kénogami, and Hébertville station.
The area around the lake is served on the east side by route 175 (boulevard Talbot); on the north side by the Kénogami road, the Route des Bâtisseurs and the Saint-Dominique street in Jonquière. A few secondary roads have been built in the area for the needs of hydroelectricity, forestry, recreational tourism and residents of this area (especially the northern part of the lake).
Hydroelectricity is the main economic activity in this sector; recreational tourism activities, second; forestry, third.
The surface of Lake Kénogami 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.