Archambault Lake (Saint-Donat)

The main neighboring hydrographic slopes are: • north side: Lac Provost, Matawin River; • east side: Lake Ouareau, Ouareau River; • south side: Lac de la Montagne Noire, • west side: Saint-Michel River, Le Boulé River, Saint-Martin stream. Lake Archambault takes the form of a zigzag (north–south orientation) becoming narrower in the southern bay. The northern part of the lake has two bays: baie de l'Ours (Bear Bay) (to the northwest) and Tire Lake (to the northeast). A peninsula attached to the west bank extends to the east, delimiting the bay from the south which stretches to the south. This bay surrounded by resorts is located at the foot of Mont Gaudet (peaking at ) and Mont Jasper (peaking at ). == Toponymy ==

. From 1915, vacationers interested in hunting, fishing and the outdoors settled on the banks. Since that time, the recreotourism vocation of the region is in continuous growth. The toponym "lac Archambault" would evoke, as for the canton, the patronymic of the notary Louis Archambeault or Archambault (1814-1890), deputy, minister and legislative adviser. As early as 1880, Eugène Taché also registered "L. Archambault ”as well as the homonymous canton on its map of Quebec. Lac Archambault, listed as Archambeault in the Nomenclature of Geographical Names for the Province of Quebec in 1916, was once used for particularly intense logging in the second half of the 19th century. Pictures Lac Archambault, Parc des Pionniers, bernaches du Cadada 02.JPG|Geese rest in front of the Pioneer Park. Campus4vents.jpg|The Campus of the Four Winds, on the edge of the lake. == See also ==