Saint-Père Lake

The Saint-Père Lake (English: Holly Father Lake) is a body of water in the eastern part of the Senneterre territory in the La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality (RCM), in the administrative region of Abitibi-Témiscamingue, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. This body of water extends entirely in the canton of Saint-Père.

Forestry is the main economic activity of the sector.

The hydrographic slope of Lake Saint-Père is accessible through a forest road that passes north of the lake and another that passes south near Lake Cemetery.

The surface of the Saint-Père River is usually frozen from early November to mid-May, however safe ice circulation is generally from mid-November to mid-April.

Geography
• This lake has a length of 8.4 km in the shape of a cross whose main trunk is curved to the right.

• Lake Saint-Père gets its supplies from a few surrounding lakes.

• The mouth of this lake is located on the west shore of a bay in the northern part of the lake, at:

• 12.8 km south-east of the mouth of the Saint-Père River;

• 51.9 km south of the mouth of the Wetetnagami River;

• 72.4 km South of the mouth of the Nicobi River;

• 118.4 km south of the confluence of the Opawica River and the Chibougamau River;

• 68.4 km south-east of the village center of Lebel-sur-Quévillon;

• 128.6 km southeast of the mouth of Goéland Lake (Waswanipi River). Measured distances from the Atlas of Canada (published on the Internet) of the Department of Natural Resources Canada.

• The main hydrographic slopes near Lac Saint-Père are:

• North side: Saint-Père River, Wetetnagami River, Dazemard River, Nicobi Lake;

• East side: Macho River, Maseres Lake, Loutres Lake;

• South side: Macho River, Mégiscane River;

• West side: Castonguay Lake, O'Sullivan River, Lecompte River.

Toponymy
The toponym "Lac Saint-Père" was made official on December 5, 1968 by the Commission de toponymie du Québec, i.e. during its creation.