Castelnau Lake
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| Castelnau Lake | |
|---|---|
  Castelnau Lake | |
| Location | Baie-Comeau, Manicouagan Regional County Municipality, Côte-Nord, Quebec, Canada |
| Coordinates | 49°16′20″N 68°12′53″W / 49.27222°N 68.21472°W |
| Primary inflows | (clockwise from the mouth) Discharge from an unidentified lake, discharge from an unidentified lake, 5 unidentified streams, discharge from Cimon lake. |
| Primary outflows | Rivière à la Chasse |
| Basin countries | Canada |
| Max. length | 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) |
| Max. width | 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 128 metres (420 ft) |
| Islands | 5 |
| Settlements | Baie-Comeau |
The lac Castelnau is a freshwater body of the watershed of the rivière à la Chasse, in the territory of the town of Baie-Comeau, in the Manicouagan Regional County Municipality on the administrative region of Côte-Nord, in the province of Quebec, to Canada.
The area around Castelnau Lake is served by a few forest roads. The western part of the Castelnau lake slope is indirectly served by the Trans-Quebec-Labrador road (route 389); the eastern part is served indirectly by Comeau Boulevard route 138.[1]
Forestry is the main economic activity around the lake.[2]
The surface of Lake Castelnau is usually frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March; however, traffic on the ice is generally safe from mid-December to mid-March.
Lake Castelnau is located in the northern part of the territory of the town of Baie-Comeau. This lake is the main body of water on the slope of the Chasse river. Lake Castelnau has a length of 4.5 km (2.8 mi), a maximum width of 2.4 km (1.5 mi) and an altitude of 128 m (420 ft).[2]
From the mouth of Lake Castelnau, the current descends on 9.9 km (6.2 mi) generally north-east, then south, following the course of the rivière à la Chasse, in particular by crossing an urban sector in the eastern part of Baie-Comeau at the end of the segment, to flow onto the north shore of the Manicouagan estuary.