Ashuapmushuan Lake
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- (clockwise)
- Normandin River
- outlet of a set of lakes such Yvette, de l'Arrachis, Érato, des Cassides and Idéal
- Licorne River
- outlet of a set of lakes such Guignard, Antailla and Nicole
- outlet of a set of lakes such Salien, Avuagour, Braque, Noignie, de la Portée and de la Dépression
- outlet of lake de la Tranchée,
- outlet of a set of lakes such Laon, Flers and Morey
- outlet of lakes Braille and Bluteau
- Marquette River
- outlet of Coincé Lake.
| Ashuapmushuan Lake | |
|---|---|
  Ashuapmushuan Lake | |
| Location | Le Domaine-du-Roy (RCM) |
| Coordinates | 49°09′35″N 73°45′12″W / 49.15972°N 73.75333°W |
| Type | Natural |
| Primary inflows |
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| Primary outflows | Ashuapmushuan River |
| Basin countries | Canada |
| Max. length | 13.4 kilometres (8.3 mi) |
| Max. width | 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi) |
| Surface area | 28.17 kilometres (17.50 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 371 metres (1,217 ft) |
Ashuapmushuan Lake is a freshwater body in the Lac-Ashuapmushuan unorganized territory of the Le Domaine-du-Roy Regional County Municipality, north-west in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean administrative region, in the province of Quebec, Canada.
This lake is fully within the geographic township of Lorne and the Ashuapmushuan Wildlife Reserve.
Forestry is the main economic activity of the sector. Recreational tourism activities come second.
The forest road Route 167 linking Chibougamau and Saint-Félicien, Quebec passes to the northeast of the lake, as well as the Canadian National Railway. Other secondary forest roads serve the vicinity of the lake.
On the peninsula at the northwestern end of the lake, at the confluence of the Marquette River, Normandin River, and Ashuapmushuan River, a trading post was built in the early eighteenth century. It has been in operation for several decades.
In the Ilnue language, ashuapmushuan means "where moose are being watched". Since the late nineteenth century, a dozen different spellings of the name of this body of water has been noted, whose form "Lac Chamouchouan" noted on a map of 1897.[1][2][3][4][5]
The toponym "Lac Ashuapmushuan" was formalized on October 5, 1982, by the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[6]
History
In 1685, French fur traders set up a trading post near Lake Ashuapmushuan that remained almost continuously in operation until the middle of the 19th century. It successively came under control of the Traite de Tadoussac (French period), King's Posts (English period), followed by the North West Company in 1802, that obtained a 20-year lease of the posts in the King's Domain. By 1808, it was considered as "the poorest and shabbiest" post. When the North West Company (NWC) and the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) merged in 1821, it was operated by the HBC for one year until the original NWC lease expired.[7][8][9]
In 1831, the HBC reacquired the rights to the King's Posts and operated the Ashuapmuchuan Post (also known as Moar's Post or Showapam shon) until 1850, when it was abandoned as a result of settlement pressures and decline in trade with indigenous people. Sometime before 1884 the post was reopened but was reduced to a winter post in 1886. The post closed permanently circa 1938.[9]
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