Brûlé Lake (Romaine) facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Brûlé Lake Upuapuhkau Nipi
Lac Brûlé
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Brûlé Lake Location in Quebec
Location	Southern Labrador / Lac-Jérôme, Quebec
Coordinates	52°15′N 63°48′W / 52.25°N 63.80°W / 52.25; -63.80
Primary inflows	Romaine River
Primary outflows	Romaine River
Basin countries	Canada
Max. length	34 kilometers (21 mi)
Max. width	5.7 kilometers (3.5 mi)
Surface area	89 square kilometres (34 sq mi)
Surface elevation	485 meters (1,591 ft)

Brûlé Lake (French: Lac Brûlé: Burnt Lake) is a lake in southern Labrador (the mainland portion of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador), Canada, overlapping the border with Quebec.

Location

Brûlé Lake is in the unorganized territory of Lac-Jérôme in the Minganie Regional County Municipality. The lake lies at an elevation of 485 meters (1,591 ft). Brûlé Lake is a widening of the Romaine River, which flows south into the Jacques-Cartier Strait west of Havre-Saint-Pierre. The lake is 34 kilometres (21 mi) long and 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) wide. It covers an area of nearly 89 square kilometres (34 sq mi). At this point the Romaine River defines the border between Quebec and Labrador. A map of the ecological regions of Quebec shows the lake in the sub-region 7c-T of the east spruce/lichen subdomain.

Name

The Innu call the lake Upuapuhkau Nipi or Upuâpûhkâu Nipi, meaning "lake whose perimeter burned in the past". It is also called Apuabushkau or Apuabushkash. In the 19th century it was called Lacs Brûlés, referring to the connected Brûlé, Lavoie and Anderson lakes. On maps of 1898 and 1907 it is shown as "L. Brulé", then on a map of 1911 as "Burnt Lakes", and in 1924 as "Lac Brulé". There are ninety lakes called Lac Brûlé, Brûlés or Brûlée in Quebec.