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The explorer Henry O'Sullivan, having traveled this area between 1897 and 1899, indicated on his map of 1900 L. Nicobi to describe the widening of a segment of watercourse. At the same latitude, 125 km further east, we find Lake
Nicabau, located northwest of the Ashuapmushuan Wildlife Sanctuary.
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Source: Names and Places of Quebec, a work of the
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The hydrographic slope of Lake Nicobi is accessible via the R1051 forest road which passes to 8.0 kilometres (5.0 mi) south of the lake. Its surface is generally frozen from the beginning of
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This lake has a length of 18.1 kilometres (11.2 mi) in the North-East direction, a maximum width of 4.1 kilometres (2.5 mi) and an altitude of 336 metres (1,102 ft). It has several dozens of islands.
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The toponym "Lake Nicobi" was formalized on
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90:49°20′43″N
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