Long Lake (Saint-Alban)

LocationSaint-Alban, Portneuf Regional County Municipality, Capitale-Nationale, Quebec, Canada

Coordinates46°50′12″N 72°08′20″W / 46.83663°N 72.13902°W

Long Lake (Saint-Alban)
Rock wall on the East bank, Chemin du lac Long, Saint-Alban
Location	Saint-Alban, Portneuf Regional County Municipality, Capitale-Nationale, Quebec, Canada
Coordinates	46°50′12″N 72°08′20″W / 46.83663°N 72.13902°W / 46.83663; -72.13902
Lake type	Natural
Primary outflows	Noire River

Max. length	3 km (1.9 mi)
Interactive map of Long Lake (Saint-Alban)

Long Lake, Lac Long (French), is entirely located in Saint-Alban (Municipality), Portneuf RCM, Capitale-Nationale, Quebec, Canada.^[1]

The lake is fully part of Portneuf Regional Natural Park.^[2]

With an area of 2.7 km2, the Long Lake (Saint-Alban) is the 2nd largest of the 840 lakes in the Sainte-Anne River watershed. Lakes Montauban, Pioui, Travers, aux Cèdres and Gros Lac belong to the Long Lake watershed.^[3]^[4]

As exceptional natural site, the Long Lake cliff, with a height of 65 to 100 meters, runs along the eastern shore of Long Lake for four km.^[3]

Long Lake Overview
Scree slope at the foot of the clift of the bank
Launching, information: road signs on the West shore
Cliff and scree slope on the East shore
Jean-Noël Côté (1942-2007) Dam,^[5]^[6] outlet of Lac Long and Noire River (Sainte-Anne River tributary) (source)

Aquatic Fauna

In the Portneuf Regional Natural Park, Long and Montauban lakes are recognized for lake trout fishing, the territory is located in hunting and fishing zone 27 defined by the Ministry of Forests, Wildlife and Parks which ensures the respect for the rules governing hunting and sport fishing.^[7]^[8]

In Long and Montauban Lakes, forage fish or (bait fish) include several individuals, inventory data from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forests (Quebec) 2012 and CAPSA 2019^[11]

Toponymy

More than 200 officially named geographic locations bear the name Long Lake. In indigenous languages the names Kinogami, Kachinukamach, Kachinuwayach, Takiyok also designate them to emphasize their lengthwise extent.^[1]

References

1 2 "Long Lake, Lac Long, toponymy". Gouvernement of Quebec (in French). Commission de Toponymy Quebec. 5 December 1968. Its waters collected first by the Noire River, then by the Sainte-Anne River, will reach the Saint-Laurent near Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade.
↑ "Portneuf regional natural park, a territory of more than 70 km2" (in French). Parc naturel régional de Portneuf. 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2024. Our activities take place mainly in Saint-Alban, Saint-Ubalde and Saint-Casimir and a portion of Lake Montauban is located in the Municipalities of Portneuf and Rivière-à-Pierre.
1 2 "Bourgs de la Seigneurie de Pertuis, Kit for the new owner" (PDF) (in French). CAPSA - Corporation d'aménagement et de protection de la Sainte-Anne. January 2022. pp. 5 of 37. Retrieved 14 November 2024. The Long Lake cliff is recognized as a site remarkable naturalness in the development plan of the MRC of Portneuf.
↑ Jean-François Ricard (28 June 2024). "Plan zone water director Sainte-Anne, Portneuf and La Chevrotière sector" (PDF) (in French). Corporation d'aménagement et de protection de la rivière Sainte-Anne (CAPSA). pp. 11 of 40. Retrieved 23 October 2024. One of the most important wetlands in the territory is the Chute-Panet peat bog. Of an area of 250 hectares, it constitutes a remarkable ecological site, particularly for its concentration of plants likely to be designated threatened or vulnerable.
↑ "Jean-Noël Côté Dam, toponymy". Gouvernement of Quebec (in French). Commission de Toponymy Quebec. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2024. The dam located at this location was rebuilt in 2013. Its name recalls the memory of Jean-Noël Côté (1942-2007), a volunteer who worked on the maintenance of the first dam and the path that provides access to it.
↑ "Jean-Noël-Côté, Dam". Ministry of the Environment and the Fight against Climate Change (in French). Directory of dams Technical sheet. 2024. Retrieved 15 November 2024. Reservoir capacity: 32,000,000 m³, Height of the reservoir: 4 m, Length of the structure: 27 m, Type of dam: Concrete-gravity. Type of foundation: Treated alluvium
↑ "Map of fishing zone 27" (PDF). Gouvernement of Quebec (in French). Ministry of Forests, Wildlife and Parks. 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2024. Fishing zone limit, Fishing zone subdivision, Wildlife reserve Controlled operating area, etc.
↑ Stéphanie Poiré (November 2015). "Master development and management plan" (PDF) (in French). Portneuf Regional Natural Park. pp. 67 of 129. Retrieved 15 November 2024. The Saint-Alban lakes sector is an area recognized as an outfitter without exclusive rights
↑ "Salvelinus alpinus L. - Arctic char". Gouvernement of Canada. Fisheries and Oceans Canada. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
↑ Adam Kowalski (2016). "Salvelinus namaycush - Lake Trout". U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Fish and Aquatic Conservation. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
↑ "Lake trout reproduction sites in Long, Montauban and Le Gros lakes in Portneuf" (PDF) (in French). CAPSA Watershed organization: Sainte-Anne, Portneuf and La Chevrotière sector. 2019. pp. 11 of 16. Retrieved 15 November 2024. Forage fish (or "Bait fish") can be represented by many different individuals, of one family or another. For Long and Montauban lakes, the 2012 inventory data from MFFP refer to the presence of the following species
↑ "Portneuf Regional Natural Park" (in French). 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
↑ "Bathymetry of Lake Montauban, map" (PDF) (in French). Banque lacs et cours d'eau du MDDELCC. p. 2. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
↑ "Lac Montauban, toponymy". Gouvernement of Quebec (in French). Commission de Toponymy Quebec. 5 December 1968. Retrieved 8 November 2024.

Long Lake (Saint-Alban)

Aquatic Fauna

Toponymy

References

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