Gouin Reservoir

Gouin Reservoir
Gouin Reservoir seen from space.
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Location	La Tuque, Mauricie, Quebec
Coordinates	48°35′N 74°50′W / 48.58°N 74.83°W / 48.58; -74.83
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.