Lac à l’Eau Claire

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Lac à l’Eau Claire is a large, remote freshwater lake in northern Quebec, Canada, notable for its twin circular basins believed to be ancient meteorite impact craters.

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Label Occurrences
Lac à l’Eau Claire canonical 2

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Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf freshwater lake ⓘ
lake ⓘ
access primarily by floatplane ⓘ
ageCategoryOfCrater Precambrian ⓘ
basinCountry Canada ⓘ
climate subarctic ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
diameterOfEasternBasin_km about 26 ⓘ
diameterOfWesternBasin_km about 32 ⓘ
geologicalOrigin meteorite impact ⓘ
geologicalProvince Precambrian Shield ⓘ
linked to: Laurentian craton
hasCraterStructure Clearwater East crater ⓘ
Clearwater West crater ⓘ
hasIceCoverInWinter true ⓘ
hasIsland central islands in each basin ⓘ
hasOutflow local rivers draining toward Hudson Bay ⓘ
hasPart eastern circular basin ⓘ
western circular basin ⓘ
hasScientificInterest Precambrian geology ⓘ
impact cratering studies ⓘ
hasTwinCraterSystem true ⓘ
isInProtectedOrRemoteArea true ⓘ
isRemote true ⓘ
locatedIn Quebec ⓘ
linked to: Quebec, Canada

northern Quebec ⓘ
linked to: Nord-du-Québec
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Nord-du-Québec ⓘ
Nunavik ⓘ
nameLanguage French ⓘ
nearbySettlement Hudson Bay coast communities ⓘ
notableFor possible double impact crater origin ⓘ
twin circular basins ⓘ
partOf Quebec lake system ⓘ
primaryLanguageRegion French ⓘ
region Canadian Shield ⓘ
surfaceElevation_m about 241 ⓘ
usedFor ecotourism ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
waterType freshwater ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Quebec–Labrador Peninsula region → contains → Lac à l’Eau Claire ⓘ
Tursujuq National Park → contains → Lac à l’Eau Claire ⓘ