Franchère Lake

The Franchère Lake (French: Lac Franchère) is a fresh water body located in the head zone of the rivière aux Écorces du Milieu, in the unorganized territory of Lac-Jacques-Cartier, in the La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in Quebec, Canada.

The area around the lake is served by secondary forest roads for forestry and recreational tourism activities.

[1] Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second.

The surface of Lac Franchère is usually frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, however the safe circulation on the ice is generally done from mid-December to mid-March.

The main watersheds near Lac Franchère are: Lac Franchère has a length of 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi), a width of 0.9 kilometres (0.56 mi) and an altitude of 803 metres (2,635 ft).