Brûlé Lake is in the unorganized territory of Lac-Jérôme in the Minganie Regional County Municipality.

[citation needed] Brûlé Lake is a widening of the Romaine River, which flows south into the Jacques-Cartier Strait west of Havre-Saint-Pierre.

[2] A map of the ecological regions of Quebec shows the lake in the sub-region 7c-T of the east spruce/lichen subdomain.

In the 19th century, it was called Lacs Brûlés, referring to the connected Brûlé, Lavoie and Anderson lakes.

There are ninety lakes called Lac Brûlé, Brûlés or Brûlée in Quebec.