| Kenogami lake | |
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  Kenogami lake  Kenogami lake | |
| Location | Saguenay / Lac-Ministuk / Larouche / Hébertville, Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec |
| Coordinates | 48°19′36″N 71°22′34″W / 48.32667°N 71.37611°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. | |
Kenogami lake is a long lake in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of south-central Quebec,[1] 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.[1]
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).[2]
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.
