Kenogami Lake

Kenogami Lake

Infobox lake
lake_name = Kenogami Lake
image_lake = kenogami.jpg
caption_lake =
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location = Quebec
coords = coord|48|19|N|71|22|W|region:CA_type:waterbody|display=inline,title
type =
inflow = Pikauba, Cyriac and Aux-Écorces Rivers
outflow =
catchment =
basin_countries = Canada
length = 27 km
width =
area = 57 km²
depth =
max-depth = 102 m
volume =
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cities = Lac-Kenogami, Hébertville station

Kénogami Lake (French: Lac Kénogami) is a long lake 21 Mile, it has an average width of 3/4 of a mile. It is in the Town of Kénogami, Chicoutimi county, south-central Quebeccite web |url=http://faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/quebechistory/encyclopedia/Kenogami-QuebecHistory.htm |title=The Quebec History Encyclopedia |accessdate=2008-08-13 |work= |publisher=marianopolis.edu |date= ] , Canada, and is in the Laurentian Highlands (57 km², 11m to 102m deep). "Kénogami" means "Long lake" in the Montagnais dialect and was originally used to refer to Kénogami Lake, Ontario.

It is situated 150 kilometres north of the Saint Lawrence River, into which it drains via the Saguenay River through the Chicoutimi and Aux-Sables Rivers.

The lake is fed by dozens of small rivers coming from the Laurentian Highlands. The three principal being the Pikauba, Cyriac and Aux-Ecorces Rivers. The towns on its shores include Lac-Kénogami, and Hébertville station.

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