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The name "Lac
Simoncouche" appeared in the Dictionary of Rivers and Lakes of the Province of Quebec in 1914, when the river was called "Moncouche". These two toponymic names seem popular, as much for the river as the bay; the most commonly used designations have been formalized.
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Commission de toponymie published in 1994 and 1996 in the form of a printed illustrated dictionary, and in that of a CD-ROM produced by the company Micro-Intel, in 1997, from this
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The Lake
Simoncouche has a length of 3.2 km (2.0 mi), a width of 0.5 km (0.31 mi) and an altitude of 339 m (1,112 ft). This lake is made in length by a widening of the
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Simoncouche 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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The name
Moncouche comes from Muakush, an Amerindian word meaning sea eagle. The origin of the first syllable "si" is unknown as is its meaning.
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which crosses it towards the north; this lake has three parts formed by two narrowing. This lake is located in the
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Simoncouche was formalized on December 5, 1968, by the
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William brook, Henriette brook, Chiens brook,
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