Brome Lake

{{Short description|Lake in Quebec, Canada}} {{About|the fresh water lake in Quebec|the town|Brome Lake, Quebec}} {{Use Canadian English|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox body of water | name = Brome Lake<br>Lac Brome | image = Lac Brome 2009.jpg | alt = | caption = | image_bathymetry = | alt_bathymetry = |pushpin_map=Quebec | caption_bathymetry = | location = Brome-Missisquoi, Montérégie, Quebec, Canada | coords = {{coord|45|14|55|N|72|30|53|W|region:CA_type:waterbody|display=inline,title}} | type = | inflow = | outflow = | catchment = | basin_countries = Canada | agency = | length = | width = | area = {{convert|14.53|km2|abbr=on}} | depth = | max-depth = {{convert|13|m|abbr=on}} | volume = | residence_time = | shore = | elevation = {{convert|193|m|abbr=on}} | frozen = | islands = | cities = Brome Lake | reference = <ref name="toponymie">{{cite web|url=http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/fiche.aspx?no_seq=8592|title=Lac Brome|work=Banque de noms de lieux du Québec|publisher=Commission de toponymie du Québec|accessdate=8 October 2012}}</ref> }}

'''Brome Lake''' ({{langx|fr|Lac Brome}}) is a freshwater lake in the town of Brome Lake, in the Brome-Missisquoi regional county municipality of the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada. It is the source of the Yamaska River.

The name Brome Lake comes from Brome Township which itself was first recorded on the map of Gale and Duberger in 1795. The name of the township was shortly afterward transferred to the lake. The lake was first referred to under that name in 1815 by Joseph Bouchette, after which the name was kept.<ref name="toponymie" /> As for the name Brome, it probably is borrowed from the name of a village in Suffolk or Brome Hall, the castle of the aristocratic Cornwallis family, of which one of its members, Charles Cornwallis was titled Viscount Brome between 1753 and 1762.<ref name="toponymie2">{{cite web|url=http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/fiche.aspx?no_seq=8589|title=Brome|work=Banque de noms de lieux du Québec|publisher=Commission de toponymie du Québec|accessdate=8 October 2012}}</ref>

The Quilliams-Durrull Nature Reserve is on Quilliams Brook, a small stream that feeds into the lake.<ref>{{cite web |title=Self-guided tour of Quilliams Brook |url=https://renaissancelbl.com/en/self-guided-tour-of-quilliams-brook/ |website=Renaissance Brome Lake |access-date=17 June 2021}}</ref> thumb|left|Quilliams Brook, a tributary of Brome Lake

== Gallery == <gallery> File:Brome Lake 20190827 105124.jpg|Brome Lake walking path File:Brome Lake P1030105.jpg File:Brome Lake P1030127.jpg|Quilliams-Durrull Nature Reserve </gallery>

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==External links== {{Commons category|Lac-Brome}} *[https://renaissancelbl.com/en/home/ Renaissance Brome Lake]

Category:Lakes of Montérégie Category:Tourist attractions in Montérégie Category:Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality