Lac aux Araignées

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Lac aux Araignées
Lac Aux Araignées.jpg
Lac aux Araignées et Montagnes environnantes
Lac aux Araignées is located in Quebec
Lac aux Araignées
Lac aux Araignées
LocationCanada, Quebec, Estrie, Le Granit Regional County Municipality
Coordinates45°28′29″N 70°48′46″W / 45.47472°N 70.81277°W / 45.47472; -70.81277Coordinates: 45°28′29″N 70°48′46″W / 45.47472°N 70.81277°W / 45.47472; -70.81277
Primary outflowsRivière aux Araignées
Catchment area23.2 kilometres (14.4 mi)
Max. length5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi)
Max. width3.9 kilometres (2.4 mi)
Surface area8.72 kilometres (5.42 mi)
Surface elevation406 metres (1,332 ft)
FrozenSurface of the lake is generally frozen from mid-December to mid-March

Lac aux Araignées (in English: Spyder Lake) is a lake located in the municipality of Frontenac, in the Le Granit Regional County Municipality (MRC), in Quebec, in Canada.

Geography[]

Its surface area is 8.72 kilometres (5.42 mi), its perimeter is 23.2 kilometres (14.4 mi). Its altitude is 406 metres (1,332 ft), its length is 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi) and its width is 3.9 kilometres (2.4 mi). Its catchment area is 150 kilometres (93.21 mi).[1] Part of the Zec Louise-Gosford is located near the lake. Its main tributaries are: the rivière aux Araignées, the rivière des Indiens and Meads Creek which is fed by many small tributaries whose sources come from the flanks of the mountains, Moose Hill (888 metres (2,913 ft)), (997 metres (3,271 ft)), (1,110 metres (3,640 ft)), Mount Pisgah (1,023 metres (3,356 ft)), and the (755 metres (2,477 ft)). These mountains surround a valley which constitutes its watershed. The outlet of the lake passes through lac des Joncs (Mégantic), a pond adjacent to an area of the swamp south of lac Mégantic.[2]

Toponymy[]

This lake bears this name because of its shape; its many berries in fact give it the shape of a spider. In addition to "Pointe Thomas", the south coast of the lake has a regular shape, while the north coast is indented by four bays, namely Clarke bay, Boyle bay, the bay of the rivière des Indiens and a last one further east. These bays on the north shore are separated by three land projections.

The term "spiders" has also been associated with the river and one of its islands.

In 1775, during the invasion of Canada by the American soldiers, the armed troops of General Benedict Arnold struggled in their crossing of this area because of the marshy surroundings and its banks difficult to drive over. Documents from this period refer to the lake as "nepis", a term inspired by nebes, nebesek, meaning pond, lake or swamp.

On their geographical map of 1795, Gale and Duberger write the designation “Mecanicamack L.”. In 1815, the cartographer Joseph Bouchette changed the spelling of the initial appellation in the form of Macanamack. This toponym contains the elements of the language of the Abenakis which is related to the meaning of "marshy lake". In the first half of the 19th century, in the process of surveying the townships, the particular shape of this body of water inspired the name "Spider Lake".

Megantic Fish and Game Corporation[]

Several photos of the lake in 1913.

In 1887, the Megantic Fish and Game Corporation was founded and a vast territory including Lac Mégantic was included in the hunting and fishing club; the vast territory also included part of Maine. The hamlet of Trois-Lacs included a small road which allows to take the steamer Lena which made the transport on Lac Mégantic; another small steamboat, on Lac aux Araignées, transported travelers to the Macannamac Hotel, an imposing 3-story building, where a large hall included an imposing fireplace or burned a wood fire, with guides who were available for hunting and fishing. Cabins were also available for rental for the 250 club members. In 1914, the lake is listed under the name of Spider in the "Dictionary of rivers and lakes of the province of Quebec".

The French use of the translated form "Lac aux Araignées" was established, it seems, in the 1920s and subsequently became official. The map of the electoral District of Beauce (1924) indicates “L. Araignée”, translation closer to the English form of the toponym.[3]

The toponym "lac aux Araignées" was made official on December 5, 1968 at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[4]

Fauna[]

Fish varieties: bass smallmouth, perch, rainbow trout and speckled trout.

  • Lac Aux Araignées, public access point route 161. Mount Flat Top (830 meters) on the left;[5] and Merrill (997 meters) in the center, background.

  • Décharge du lac aux Araignées, entre le lac et le pont route 161.

  • Lac aux Araignées in rang 4 in Frontenac.

  • Lac aux Araignées in rang 4.

References[]

  1. ^ The ; notebook no 718.
  2. ^ "Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada - Characteristics extracted from the geographic map, the database and the site instrumentation". Retrieved 2021-01-06.
  3. ^ Source:“ Names and places of Quebec”, work of the Commission de toponymie du Québec, published in 1994 and 1996 in the form of an illustrated printed dictionary, and under that of a CD-ROM produced by the Micro-Intel company, in 1997, from this dictionary.
  4. ^ Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of place names - Toponym: "Lac aux Araignées"
  5. ^ Commission de toponymie du Québec - Place names bank - Toponym: "Mont Flat Top"
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