Lake Walker is a lake in Quebec, Canada. It is located in the Sept-Rivières Regional County Municipality in the region of Côte-Nord, about 30 km northwest of Port-Cartier.[1]
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| Location | Quebec |
| Coordinates | 50°18′N 67°09′W / 50.300°N 67.150°W |
| Max. length | 33 km (21 mi) |
| Max. depth | 280 m (920 ft) |
| Settlements | Lac-Walker |
Location
editLake Walker is within the Port-Cartier–Sept-Îles Wildlife Reserve. Since 2006 it has been proposed to establish the Lake Walker National Park within the wildlife sanctuary, surrounding Lake Walker. As of May 2019 the project was stalled for lack of funding.[2] It is named for Hovenden Walker, and gives its name to the Lac-Walker unorganized territory.
Environment
editA map of the Ecological regions of Quebec places the lake in the 6J-T ecological subregion, part of the eastern spruce/moss domain of the boreal zone.[3]
Hydrology
editThe main tributary of Lake Walker is the Schmon River, which enters at the northern end.[4] Like many of the lakes in the region, Lake Walker is highly elongated, being 33 km long and no more than 4 km wide, and has steep rocky sides. A 2011 survey established its depth at 280 metres, making it the deepest lake in Quebec, ahead of the Pingualuit crater in Nunavik (252 m).
The southern tip of the lake flows into the Aux Rochers River which carries its water to the Saint-Lawrence River about 30 km to the southeast.
References
edit- ^ Lac Walker (in French), Commission de toponymie du Québec, retrieved 2013-04-24
- ^ St-Pierre 2019.
- ^ Saucier et al. 2011.
- ^ Bellavance 2018, p. 44.
Sources
edit- Bellavance, Denis (2018), Projet de parc national du Lac-Walker, Descriptions géologiques, géomorphologiques et sites d’intérêt (PDF) (in French), Équipe écologie et territoire, Direction de l’expertise en biodiversité, Ministère du Développement durable, de l’Environnement et de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, retrieved 2019-09-01
- Saucier, J.-P.; Robitaille, A.; Grondin, P.; Bergeron, J.-F.; Gosselin, J. (2011), Les régions écologiques du Québec méridional (PDF) (map), 4 (in French), Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune, retrieved 2019-09-14
- St-Pierre, Jean (7 May 2019), "De "petits pas" vers un parc national au lac Walker", Ma Côte Nord (in French), Arsenal Media, retrieved 2019-09-01