Lake Hackett (Mékinac)

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Lake Hackett
Location Quebec
Coordinates 47°05′08″N 72°27′15″W / 47.08556°N 72.45417°W / 47.08556; -72.45417Coordinates: 47°05′08″N 72°27′15″W / 47.08556°N 72.45417°W / 47.08556; -72.45417
Type Natural
Basin countries Canada
Max. length 4.8 km (3.0 mi)
Max. width 1.7 km (1 mi)
Settlements Mékinac Regional County Municipality

The Hackett Lake is located in the Hackett (township) in the unorganized territory of Lac-Masketsi, in the Mekinac Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Mauricie, in Quebec, in Canada.

Toponymy

The names "Hackett Lake" and "Hackett (township)" evoke the memory of Michael Felix Hackett (1851-1926), secretary and "registrar" in the firm Edmund James Flynn, Prime Minister Quebec in 1896 and 1897. After his studies at the McGill University, Hackett is admitted to the Bar of Quebec in 1874. Thereafter, it will be mayor of Stanstead Plain from 1890 to 1904, Conservative MP for the Legislative Assembly from 1892 to 1900, then a judge of the Superior Court of the District of Bedford from 1915.[1]

The toponym "Lake Hackett" was officially registered on December 5, 1968 at the Bank of place names in Commission de toponymie du Québec (Geographical Names Board of Québec).

Geography

Lake Hackett (Mekinac) has a length of 4.8 km (including long strait in the southern part) in the north-south axis. Its maximum width is 1.7 km. A strait 2.8 miles northeast connects to other water bodies.

Dam of type "concrete-gravity" that was built on the rock by Hydro-Québec in 1995 at the mouth of Lake Hackett, creates the great reservoir "Hackett" an area of 438.8 ha with a holding capacity 19,305,000 m³. With a length of 20 m., the dam has a height of 5.5 m and a height of 4.4 m holding. Coordinates of the dam: latitude: 47° 05'; longitude: - 72° 27' [2]

Located in the Zec Tawachiche, its mouth flows into the "Ruisseau des îles” (Stream of Islands), which empties into the "Rivière aux brochets" (river Pike) (commonly Rivière du milieu (Middle River (Mekinac))). It flows into the northern part of Mékinac Lake.

Starting at Hervey-Jonction, visitors can travel 30 km to reach the southern part of Lake Hackett. A visitor has just to take the Tawachiche road leading to Zec Tawachiche (in north-east), through the Audy sector; then take the Tawachiche East road, passing near the Lake Therrien (Mékinac).[3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of place names - Lac Hackett". 
  2. ↑ [http://www.cehq.gouv.qc.ca/Barrages/detail.asp?no_mef_lieu=X0001981. "center water expertise of Québec"]. 
  3. ↑ Geographical researches conducted in January 2014 by historian Gaétan Veillette (Saint-Hubert, QC), using Google Map.

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