Lake Wickenden

Lake Wickenden

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location = Anticosti Island, Saint Lawrence River, Quebec
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outflow = Jupiter River
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basin_countries = Canada
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Lake Wickenden is the largest lake on Anticosti Island in the Saint Lawrence River, Quebec, Canada. Glacially formed, it is drained by the Jupiter River. Together with the surrounding 69,111 hectares it was designated by WCPA as a protected area on 1 January 1993. [ [http://sea.unep-wcmc.org/wdbpa/sitedetails.cfm?siteid=308472&level=nat Canada - Lac Wickenden ] ]

Reference

External links

* [http://www.ccdmd.qc.ca/cgi-bin/quebec/voirimage.pl?id=8305&langue=en Lake Wickenden aerial view]
* [http://www.ccdmd.qc.ca/cgi-bin/quebec/image.pl?id=9201 Image of materials displaced by the movement of glacial blocks from the shore of Lake Wickenden]


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