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The Baskatong Reservoir (French: Réservoir Baskatong) is a man-made lake in western Quebec, Canada.It was formed following the construction of the Mercier Dam in 1927 [2] and has an area of 413 km 2. [3]
A beach along Lake Nipissing. Lake Nipissing drains into Georgian Bay, which is a part of Lake Huron, via the French River. Lake Nipissing lies about 25 km (16 mi) northwest of Algonquin Provincial Park. The French fur trader Étienne Brûlé was the first European to visit the lake in 1610.
Tommy cod fishing is a traditional activity in the Mauricie region practiced for several centuries, the Iroquois were already fishing for Tommy cod fish in the year 1000 AD. [23] In Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade , in 1938, Eugène Mailhot, busy cutting blocks of ice for the family cooler , discovered that fish were spawning in the Sainte-Anne River.
Maritime Quebec is a geographic region in eastern Quebec that borders the Gulf of St. Lawrence. It’s made of Gaspesia , Côte-Nord , the Magdalen Islands and Bas-Saint-Laurent . Many localities in Maritime Quebec have a tourism industry that attracts people from other parts of Quebec to its various beaches, trails and tourist attractions ...
Walleye (painting) Fishing for walleye is a popular sport with anglers in Canada and the Northern United States, where the fish is native. The current IGFA all tackle record is 11.34 kilograms (25 lb 0 oz), caught on August 2, 1960 in Old Hickory Lake, Tennessee. [1] The sport is regulated by most natural resource agencies.
One woman was moving as slow as a tortoise when she was caught red-handed trying to smuggle 29 protected turtles across a Vermont lake into Canada by kayak. Wan Yee Ng, 41, was nabbed loading up ...
The walleye (Sander vitreus, synonym Stizostedion vitreum), also called the walleyed pike, [3] yellow pike, yellow pikeperch or yellow pickerel, [4] is a freshwater perciform fish native to most of Canada and to the Northern United States. It is a North American close relative of the European zander, also known as the pikeperch.
The Cabonga Reservoir (French: Réservoir Cabonga) is a man-made lake in central Quebec, Canada, with a total surface area of 677 square kilometres (261 sq mi) and a net area (water only) of 484 square kilometres (187 sq mi). [2]