Lake Nicolet

Lake Nicolet (in French: lac Nicolet) is located 50 km south of Victoriaville, in the municipality of Saints-Martyrs-Canadiens, in Arthabaska Regional County Municipality (MRC), in administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, Canada.

Lake Nicolet is the source of the Nicolet River which flows 137 km to the southeast shore of lake Saint-Pierre, in Nicolet. The latest is crossed through the North-East by the St. Lawrence River.

This lake is surrounded by Chemin du Lac-Nicolet (north-west side) and Chemin Gosford-Sud (south-east side).

Geography
Lake Nicolet is 5.1 km long and 1.7 km wide, resembling a misshapen crescent surrounded by mountains. It has seven islands: Boulanger, Baril, Linke, L'Heureux, à Michel-Rheault, Rolland and a little unnamed island. The main mountain peaks around the lake are: Brûlé Mountain (500 m) at 1.5 km on the south side of the bay leading to the mouth of the lake; a 419 m vertex on the west side and another on the southeast side (492 m). This lake has a hundred chalets all around.

Toponymy
The toponym "Lac Nicolet" was made official on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.