Lac Mistassini

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Lac Mistassini is the largest natural lake in Quebec, Canada, known for its remote boreal setting and importance to Indigenous Cree communities.

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Label Occurrences
Lac Mistassini canonical 3

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf lake ⓘ
natural lake ⓘ
basinCountry Canada ⓘ
climateZone subarctic climate ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 373 metres ⓘ
freezesDuring winter ⓘ
governedBy Cree Nation of Mistissini (local authority over adjacent lands) ⓘ
hasEcosystemType boreal lake ecosystem ⓘ
hasFauna brook trout ⓘ
lake trout ⓘ
northern pike ⓘ
walleye ⓘ
hasHumanSettlementOnShore Mistissini ⓘ
hasIndigenousName Mistassini ⓘ
linked to: Mistissini
hasInflow Rivière Takwa ⓘ
Rivière Témiscamie ⓘ
Rivière du Chef ⓘ
hasIsland Île Manitounuk ⓘ
Île du Portage ⓘ
hasOutflow Rivière Mistassini ⓘ
Rivière Rupert ⓘ
indigenousTerritoryOf Cree Nation ⓘ
isLargest largest natural lake in Quebec ⓘ
knownFor importance to Cree communities ⓘ
remote boreal setting ⓘ
sport fishing ⓘ
wilderness tourism ⓘ
length approximately 160 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn Canadian Shield ⓘ
Eeyou Istchee Baie-James ⓘ
Mistassini River basin ⓘ
Quebec ⓘ
linked to: Quebec, Canada

boreal forest ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Nord-du-Québec ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear Mistissini, Quebec ⓘ
linked to: Mistissini
maximumDepth approximately 180 metres ⓘ
nameLanguage Cree ⓘ
nameMeaning big rock ⓘ
partOf James Bay drainage basin ⓘ
surfaceArea approximately 2,335 square kilometres ⓘ
traditionalTerritoryOf Cree of Mistissini ⓘ
linked to: Mistissini
usedFor recreational fishing ⓘ
subsistence fishing ⓘ
traditional hunting access ⓘ
waterType freshwater ⓘ
width approximately 19 kilometres ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Labrador Peninsula → contains → Lac Mistassini ⓘ
Mistissini → locatedNear → Lac Mistassini ⓘ