Du Poète Lake

Du Poète Lake is a freshwater lake that has become the "Du Poète Reservoir", located west of the Gouin Reservoir, in the territory of the city of La Tuque, in the administrative region of Mauricie, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.

The "Du Poète Lake" surface is usually frozen from mid-November to the end of April, but safe ice circulation is generally from early December to late March.

"[1] Dam at the auxiliary weir Following the construction of the natural mouth of the lake and the one at the auxiliary weir, the "Du Poète Lake" married its current shape resembling a hippocampus looking to the southeast.

[2] Lake Poet, with a length of 4.0 kilometres (2.5 mi), collects the waters of the Mégiscane River in the southern part] and on the west side the waters of the Suzie River via the canal coming from Brécourt Lake.

The natural mouth of "Du Poète Lake" is located northwest of the lake, where the Mégiscane Dam has been built, to: From the artificial mouth of Poet's Lake, the current flows over 133.8 kilometres (83.1 mi) to Gouin Dam, according to the following segments: The French toponym "lac du Poète" was formalized on 5 décembre 1968 by the Commission de toponymie du Québec, eg at its creation.