Maricourt Lake
Maricourt Lake (Lac Maricourt) is a freshwater lake in northeastern Quebec, in Senneterre, within La Vallée-de-l’Or Regional County Municipality, in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region. It lies entirely in the township of Maricourt. The lake is up to 11.8 km long, up to 2.0 km wide, covers about 6.5 square kilometers, and sits at 393 meters above sea level. It is fed by the Macho River and the Closse River, and the Macho River is its outlet, flowing southwest toward Berthelot Lake.
Most of the area around the lake is forest; forestry is the main economic activity, with recreational tourism as a secondary activity. Access is via forest roads running along the north of the lake through the Wetetnagami Biodiversity Reserve, and another road along the south side that serves the reserve and the lake’s west side.
In winter, the lake surface is usually frozen from early November to mid-May, with safe ice travel typically from mid-November to mid-April. The name Maricourt comes from a French family name (and a place in France) and was officially adopted on December 5, 1968.
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