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The surface of Lake Kénogami is usually frozen from the beginning of
December to the end of March, however the safe circulation on the ice is generally made from mid-December to mid-March.
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Hydroelectricity is the main economic activity in this sector; recreational tourism activities, second; forestry, third.
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The toponym "Lac Kénogami" was formalized on
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The main characteristics (bays, points, islands) around the lake are (clockwise from the outlet
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on 26.2 km (16.3 mi) towards the east, then the northeast and the course of the
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Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of Place Names - Toponym: "Lac Kénogami"
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The lake is fed by dozens of small rivers coming from the
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The area around the lake is served on the east side by
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décharge du lac
Central, du lac à Booyi et du lac Houle
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Kénogami OpenStreetMap - Accessed
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McDonald Bay (receiving the McDonald Creek outlet),
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885:Geography of Saguenay, Quebec
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630:Épiphane Bay and Cascouia Bay
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534:barrage de Portage-des-Roches
297:27.24 km (16.93 mi)
248:décharge du lac à Pierre-Guby
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462:Laurentides Wildlife Reserve
525:This lake has two outlets:
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256:décharge du lac de la Ligne
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221:North Shore (Cascouia Bay)
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420:and Aux-Sables Rivers.
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231:décharge du lac Culotte
229:décharge du lac Leclerc
227:décharge du lac Lésigny
129:Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
716:Saint Lawrence estuary
667:Around Jean-Guy Island
404:It is situated in the
399:Kenogami Lake, Ontario
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254:décharge du lac Warren
246:décharge du lac à Jean
233:décharge du lac Décène
208:décharge du lac Gilles
18:Kenogami Lake, Ontario
694:Price retirees center
653:Saint-Édouard Island,
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252:ruisseau Jean-Dechène
162:48.32667°N 71.37611°W
880:Reservoirs in Quebec
846:. 12 September 2016.
576:Pointe aux Bouleaux,
425:Laurentian Highlands
410:Saint Lawrence River
406:Laurentian Highlands
691:Saint-Cyriac Chapel
433:Hébertville station
354:Hébertville station
201:rivière Simoncouche
167:48.32667; -71.37611
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616:Pointe aux Sables,
591:Pointe du Caribou,
573:the Pier-à-Chabot,
540:rivière aux Sables
512:Portage-des-Roches
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350:Lac-Kénogami
326:Shore length
310:Surface area
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117:Lac-Ministuk
656:Dufour bay,
644:Clover Bay,
610:Dufour bay,
596:North Shore
558:South Shore
544:Pibrac West
489:Hébertville
474:aux Écorces
464:(by rivers
346:Settlements
294:Max. length
238:North Shore
196:South shore
165: /
140:Coordinates
125:Hébertville
869:Categories
824:2019-12-21
782:2008-08-13
759:References
659:Gagné bay,
641:Camp lake,
516:Pibrac-Est
497:Laterrière
482:Aux Sables
478:Chicoutimi
418:Chicoutimi
381:is a long
318:Max. depth
302:Max. width
153:71°22′34″W
150:48°19′36″N
712:Tadoussac
698:From the
456:Geography
444:Jonquière
440:route 175
329:catchment
734:See also
722:Toponymy
505:Saguenay
493:Larouche
183:Dam lake
121:Larouche
113:Saguenay
109:Location
466:Pikauba
385:in the
470:Cyriac
431:, and
395:Canada
391:Quebec
285:Canada
133:Quebec
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280:Basin
546:dam.
518:and
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