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flowing into the western part of the lake. The work was done by the Groupe
Nordique, and involved dismantling several buildings and dams, and recovering iron. The rockfill weir is 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) high and 15 metres (49 ft) long. The reservoir has an area of 1,750.3 hectares (4,325 acres). The watershed covers 134 square kilometres (52 sq mi).
322:(controlled use zone). The Zec rents a cabin to visitors that can sleep four people. The cabin has a wood stove, propane fridge and cooker, and solar electricity supplying the lighting system. In September 2018 two brothers died in a boating accident on the lake. This part of the lake is over 300 feet (91 m) deep in places, and divers were unable to find the bodies.
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206:. The Cacaoui River leaves the west of the lake and runs north through a stretch of rapids into the Sainte-Marguerite River. Little Lake Cacaoui (Petit lac Cacaoui) connects to the main lake at its south end. The lake is at an elevation of 432 metres (1,417 ft). It is about 80 kilometres (50 mi) northwest of
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places the lake in the 6J-S ecological subregion, part of the eastern spruce/moss domain of the boreal zone. The average annual temperature in the neighborhood is −3 °C (27 °F). The warmest month is July, when the average temperature is 13 °C (55 °F), and the coldest is
January,
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subsidiary, owns the SM-2 hydroelectric plant on the Sainte-Marguerite River. IOC also owned the wooden dam on the
Cacaoui Lake reservoir. This dam was built in 1950. It had fallen into decay and was dismantled in 2010 and replaced with a structure of local rocks to naturally control the water
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with −20 °C (−4 °F). The region is one of mountains that rise high above their surroundings, with rocky escarpments. The network of lakes and rivers is enclosed in narrow valleys.
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250:. The duck is loquacious, with a musical call that sounds like "ah-ah-wè", which may be the basis for the name. The name was approved by the Geography Commission in 1945.
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The Forêt ancienne du Lac-Cacaoui (Lake
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530:(in French), Ressources naturelles et la Faune, Québec
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721:Les régions écologiques du Québec méridional
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295:(black spruce). The spruce is dominated by
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204:Sept-Rivières Regional County Municipality
131:134 square kilometres (52 sq mi)
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701:Rapport sur le développement durable 2010
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542:"Forêt ancienne du Lac-Cacaoui in Canada"
380:Rapport sur le développement durable 2010
1123:Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway
909:Port-Cartier–Sept-Îles Wildlife Reserve
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482:Forêt ancienne du Lac-Cacaoui in Canada
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242:, the duck's name should be written as
663:NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index
642:Morasse, Mathieu (20 September 2018),
494:Hébergement & camping, Zec Matimek
443:NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index
1134:Sept-Îles/Lac Rapides Water Aerodrome
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365:Lac Cacaoui, Commission de toponymie
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924:Sept Îles Archipelago Regional Park
683:Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
218:The name "Cacaoui" is a variant of
1147:Regional County Municipalities in
419:Peel, Finlayson & McMahon 2007
338:Lac Cacaoui, Ressources naturelles
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919:Lake Pasteur Biodiversity Reserve
597:Commission de toponymie du Québec
234:(1842−1926), who wrote about the
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143:1,750.3 hectares (4,325 acres)
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899:Uapishka Biodiversity Reserve
524:Forêt ancienne du Lac-Cacaoui
470:Forêt ancienne du Lac-Cacaoui
458:Forêt ancienne du Lac-Cacaoui
319:zone d'exploitation contrôlée
186:, Canada. It drains into the
934:Moisie River Aquatic Reserve
563:(in French), Groupe Nordique
560:Groupe Nordique Réalisations
407:Groupe Nordique Réalisations
281:exceptional forest ecosystem
273:Ecological regions of Quebec
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939:Matamec Ecological Reserve
707:(in French), Rio Tinto IOC
258:IOC (Iron Ore Company), a
159:432 metres (1,417 ft)
1164:Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent
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914:Lake Walker National Park
692:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007
576:Hébergement & camping
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1099:Transport infrastructure
944:Zec de la Rivière-Moisie
579:(in French), Zec Matimek
303:IUCN Management Category
222:, the local name of the
867:Unorganized Territories
817:Cities, towns, villages
750:Répertoire des barrages
313:The lake is within the
188:Sainte-Marguerite River
110:50.899167°N 66.968056°W
666:, NASA, archived from
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965:Northeast Toulnustouc
350:Lac Cacaoui, Mapcarta
115:50.899167; -66.968056
1117:Chemin de fer Arnaud
810:Administrative units
431:Saucier et al. 2011
178:) is a lake in the
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1270:Lakes of Côte-Nord
1159:La Haute-Côte-Nord
958:Major river basins
240:Havre-Saint-Pierre
236:Mingan Archipelago
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1238:Uashat-Maliotenam
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1129:Sept-Îles Airport
1058:Significant lakes
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228:Clangula hyemalis
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834:Pointe-Noire
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148:Water volume
140:Surface area
75:Lake Cacaoui
22:Lake Cacaoui
1169:Manicouagan
1154:Caniapiscau
985:Aux Rochers
929:Zec Matimek
904:Zec Trinité
829:Clarke City
650:(in French)
628:Lac Cacaoui
592:Lac Cacaoui
267:Environment
175:Lac Cacaoui
113: /
88:Coordinates
29:Lac Cacaoui
1224:Natashquan
1214:Matimekosh
1204:Maliotenam
1194:La Romaine
879:Lac-Walker
756:2019-09-16
746:"X2091009"
738:2019-09-14
711:2019-09-16
674:2016-01-30
654:2019-09-16
635:2019-09-12
619:2019-09-12
602:2019-09-16
583:2019-09-16
567:2019-09-16
551:2019-09-12
534:2019-09-12
200:Lac-Walker
182:region of
101:66°58′05″W
98:50°53′57″N
1236:(part of
1206:(part of
1149:Côte-Nord
1012:Dominique
1005:MacDonald
975:Pentecôte
824:Sept-Îles
260:Rio Tinto
208:Sept-Îles
180:Côte-Nord
1264:Category
1229:Pessamit
1199:Lac-John
1174:Minganie
1070:Cacaoui
1032:Nipissis
614:Mapcarta
395:X2091009
309:Visiting
248:cacaoite
194:Location
1189:Essipit
1080:Pasteur
1075:Nipisso
1039:Matamec
1022:Rapides
1000:Pasteur
980:Riverin
970:Trinité
515:Sources
315:Matimek
244:kakawit
1234:Uashat
1219:Mingan
1125:(QNSL)
1090:Walker
1065:Arthur
1027:Moisie
995:Schmon
990:Gravel
839:Moisie
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220:kakawi
184:Quebec
170:French
36:French
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1119:(CFA)
1113:(CFC)
1049:Pigou
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326:Notes
238:and
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687:doi
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