Pikauba Lake

Pikauba Lake
Pikauba Lake
Location	Lac-Pikauba, Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec
Coordinates	47°47′48″N 71°07′58″W / 47.79667°N 71.13277°W / 47.79667; -71.13277
Type	Naturel
Primary inflows	Four stream discharges.
Primary outflows	Pikauba River and Cyriac River
Basin countries	Canada
Max. length	10.2 km (6.3 mi)
Max. width	1.9 km (1.2 mi)
Shore length1	catchment
Surface elevation	827 m (2,713 ft)
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

The Pikauba Lake is a body of water in the watershed of the Chicoutimi River (via Kenogami Lake) and the Saguenay River. Lac Pikauba is located in the unorganized territory of Lac-Pikauba, in the Charlevoix Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region from Capitale-Nationale, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. Pikauba Lake is located in the central part of the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve.

The watershed of Lake Pikauba is mainly served indirectly by the route 175 which links the city of Quebec (city) to Saguenay (city). The Northwest Pikauba River is served by a few other secondary forest roads for forestry and recreational tourism activities.^[1]

Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second.

The surface of Lake Pikauba is usually frozen from the beginning of December to the end of Pikauba, however the safe circulation on the ice is generally made from mid-December to mid-Pikauba.