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((Short description|Lake located within Gatineau Park of Gatineau, Quebec, Canada))
((about|the geographical feature Meech Lake|the series of proposed amendments to the Constitution of Canada|Meech Lake Accord))
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'''Meech Lake''' (((lang-fr|Lac Meech))) is located within [[Gatineau Park]] in the Municipality of [[Chelsea, Quebec|Chelsea]], [[Quebec]], [[Canada]]. It is located about 20 km northwest of [[Gatineau]]. The [[lake]] was named after Reverend Asa Meech, an early settler in the area.

Near the lake, on Meech Creek, are the ruins of a [[fertilizer]] plant built by [[Thomas Willson|Thomas "Carbide" Willson]] during the 1900s. In 1981, Willson's former summer home (the Willson House) on Meech Lake was converted into a government conference centre. The house is notable for its use, in 1987, as the site of meetings on the [[Meech Lake Accord]] (which proposed the overhauling of Canada's constitution) between the provincial premiers and then-Prime Minister [[Brian Mulroney]].

The lake is a multi-use area with picnicking,  beach goers, boats,  paddle boards, and historic cottages dating to before the park was formed.  It is a popular lake for people who like to train in open water swimming.  It is also the site of the annual Meech Lake Triathlon.

In 1988, a study conducted for the NCC confirmed that Meech Lake residents are responsible for most of the human-produced phosphorus flowing into the lake, i.e., 70.2%, whereas visitors only account for 29.8%.<ref>Étude de la capacité d’accueil du lac Meech, Dryade ltée, 1988, p.17</ref> Phosphorus, in excessive amounts is responsible for the proliferation of blue-green algae,<ref>"Blue-green algae and our surface water," ministère du Développement durable, de l’Environnement et des Parcs du Québec, http://www.mddep.gouv.qc.ca/eau/algues-bv/algues-plan_en.htm</ref> a problem that has afflicted the lake in recent years.<ref>"Another crisis afflicts Meech Lake," The Montreal Gazette, July 26, 2007</ref>

The [[National Capital Commission]] (NCC), steward of Gatineau Park, operates beaches on the lake during the summer. Although it is not condoned by the NCC, there is a secluded beach often used by [[naturism|naturists]]. Lack of clear signage on the lake that fires are prohibited as well as enforcement is one problem of this highly used area.  For example, in the summer of 2016 a fire on one island caused by a picnicker resulted in 25% of the island burning.

[[Image:Meech-Lake.jpg|thumb|250px|Meech Lake from Blanchet beach on the western shore]]

==References==
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[[Category:Lakes of Outaouais]]
[[Category:National Capital Region (Canada)]]
[[Category:Nude beaches]]

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