A few secondary forest roads serve this area for forestry and recreational tourism activities.

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

According to Isaïe Nantais, this toponym recalls a family of gamekeepers who lived for many years at the lake at Christmas, that is, 47.6 kilometres (29.6 mi) southeast of the mouth of Lac Launière.

It is designated on the map of Commissioner Flynn, of the Crown Lands department, in 1896, in the form "Lac à Launier".

[2] The toponym Lac Launière was formalized on December 5, 1968, by the Commission de toponymie du Québec.