| Saint-Joseph Lake | |
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  Saint-Joseph Lake Location in Quebec | |
| Location | Lac-Saint-Joseph (TNO), La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality, Capitale-Nationale, Quebec |
| Coordinates | 46°54′50″N 71°38′39″W / 46.91389°N 71.64417°W |
| Lake type | Lake of dam |
| Primary inflows | Rivière aux Pins, ruisseau Le François |
| Primary outflows | Ontaritzi River |
| Basin countries | Canada |
| Max. length | 8.1 km (5.0 mi) |
| Max. width | 2.33 km (1.45 mi) |
| Surface area | 11.31 km2 (4.37 sq mi) |
| Max. depth | 37 m (121 ft) |
| Surface elevation | 159 m (522 ft) |
| Islands | 1 |
Saint-Joseph Lake (French: Lac Saint-Joseph) is a freshwater body located in the La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in the province of Quebec, Canada.
Recreational and tourist activities, especially vacationing, are the main economic activity around the lake; forestry, second. The shores all around Lake Saint-Joseph are highly renowned for vacationing, particularly because of the forest, mountain environment, recreational tourism, road access, proximity to the city of Quebec and especially the Duchesnay tourist resort which surrounds Lake Saint-Joseph three-quarters (west, north and east).
Chemin Thomas-Maher goes around the lake for the purposes of recreational tourism and forestry.[1]
The surface of Lake Saint-Joseph is generally frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March; safe circulation on the ice is generally done from the end of December to the beginning of March.