| Gouin Reservoir | |
|---|---|
 Gouin Reservoir seen from space. | |
  Gouin Reservoir  Gouin Reservoir | |
| Location | La Tuque, Mauricie, Quebec |
| Coordinates | 48°35′N 74°50′W / 48.58°N 74.83°W |
| Type | Artificial |
| Primary outflows | Saint-Maurice River |
| Basin countries | Canada |
| Max. length | 100 km (62 mi) |
| Max. width | 48 km (30 mi) |
| Surface area | 1,570 km2 (610 sq mi) |
| Average depth | 5 m (16 ft) |
| Shore length1 | 5,650 km (3,510 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 404 m (1,325 ft) |
| Islands | De l'Oasis Island |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
The Gouin Reservoir (French: Réservoir Gouin) is a man-made lake, fully within the boundaries of the City of La Tuque, Quebec, Canada. It is not one contiguous body of water, but the collective name for a series of connected lakes separated by innumerable bays, peninsulas, and islands with highly irregular shapes. It has therefore a relative long shoreline of over 5,600 km (3,500 mi) (excluding islands) compared to its surface area of 1,570 km2 (610 sq mi).[1] It is the source of the Saint-Maurice River.
This large reservoir extends into the cantons of (in order, in row from north to south):
- Mathieu, Verreau;
- Lacasse, Toussaint, McSweeney, Magnan, Lindsay;
- Hanotaux, Cremazie, Lemay, Marmette, Brochu, Déziel;
- Poisson, Evanturel, Myrand, Chapman, Nevers, Aubin, Levasseur;
- Achintre, Sulte, Huguenin, Delage, Leblanc, Bureau.
- ^ Principal lakes, elevation and area, by provinces and territories Archived 21 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine