The lac à Mars is a fresh body of water in the watershed of the rivière à Mars North-West, the rivière à Mars and the Saguenay River. This body of water is located in the unorganized territory of Lac-Pikauba, in the Charlevoix Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. Lac à Mars is located in the central eastern part of the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve.

Lac à Mars
Lac à Mars is located in Quebec
Lac à Mars
Lac à Mars
Location in Quebec
LocationLac-Pikauba
Coordinates47°48′45″N 71°02′02″W / 47.8125°N 71.03389°W / 47.8125; -71.03389
Lake typeNatural
Primary inflowsSept petits ruisseaux riverains dont la décharge du lac Moche.
Primary outflowsRivière à Mars North-West
Basin countriesCanada
Max. length2.3 km (1.4 mi)
Max. width0.8 km (0.50 mi)
Surface elevation858 m (2,815 ft)

Upstream of the port, industrial and urban area, the rivière à Mars valley is mainly served by the Consol Paper road. The rivière à Mars North-West is served by a few other secondary forest roads for forestry and recreational tourism activities.[1]

Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second.

The surface of the lac à March 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

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The mouth of Lac à Mars is located about 11.5 km (7.1 mi) northeast of the boundary of the administrative regions of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean and Capitale-Nationale. The main watersheds near Lake Mars are:

Lac à Mars has a length of 2.3 km (1.4 mi) in the shape of a woman's head seen in semi-profile, a maximum width of 0.8 km (0.50 mi), an altitude is 858 km (533 mi) and an area of . This lake has a narrow bay stretching 0.17 km (0.11 mi) to the east. It also has a narrowing to 0.34 km (0.21 mi) in its southern part. A peninsula attached to the eastern shore stretching on 0.15 km (0.093 mi) in the shape of a hook causes another narrowing in the northern part of the lake. The mouth of this lake is located at the bottom of a bay on the north shore, at:

From the confluence of the lac à Mars, the current descends the course of:

Toponymy

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The place names “Rivière à Mars”, “Rivière à Mars Nord-Ouest” and “Lac à Mars” have the same origin.

The toponym "lac à Mars" was formalized on December 5, 1968, by the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Open Street Map - Accessed December 24, 2019
  2. ^ a b c "Atlas du Canada du Ministère des ressources naturelles du Canada - Characteristics extracted from the geographic map, the data bank and the instrumentation of the site". 12 September 2016. Retrieved December 24, 2019.
  3. ^ "lac à Mars". Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved December 24, 2019.