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The toponym "Petit lac Ha! Ha!" is linked to the lake, the river and the bay of the same name. The specific term "Ha! Ha!" has several possible interpretations. One popular interpretation associates it with an exclamation indicating irony or onomatopoeia of laughter.
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on 6.8 kilometres (4.2 mi) northwesterly to the dam at its mouth, then the stream successively descends the Ha! Ha! River on 34.8 kilometres (21.6 mi) to the northwest, across the
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Petit lac Ha! Ha! has a length of 4.9 kilometres (3.0 mi) between the surrounding mountains, forming a southward hook at the western end of
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Gabriel Sagard (baptized Théodat) published the Dictionary of the Huron Language (Paris, 1632), listing the noun
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This lake is located at 2.6 kilometres (1.6 mi) south-west of the summit (altitude: 822 metres (2,697 ft)) of the
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Forestry is the main economic activity of the sector, followed by recreational tourism.
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The toponym "Petit lac Ha! Ha!" was made official on
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According to some historians, this specific is derived from the French word
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on 10.7 kilometres (6.6 mi) northeasterly, then go east on the
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Pont du lac Ha! Ha! (Bridge of lake Ha! Ha!), separating the
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The main hydrographic slopes near Petit lac Ha! Ha! are:
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506:"Pont du Lac-Ha! Ha! (Bridge of Lake Ha! Ha!)"
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297:Cedar River
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432:Montagnais
301:Cedar Lake
274:Mount Four
193:Max. width
109:70°47′27″W
106:48°00′40″N
35:Mount Four
436:Algonquin
412:Tadoussac
305:Otis Lake
268:Geography
252:Route 381
556:See also
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385:Saguenay
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450:basin.
139:Natural
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