# Fragasso Lake > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Fragasso_Lake > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Fragasso_Lake.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fragasso_Lake > Source revision: 1336551089 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) For other uses, see [Fragasso (disambiguation)](/source/Fragasso_(disambiguation)). The **Lac Fragasso** is a freshwater body at the head of a branch leading to the [Rocheuse River](/source/Rocheuse_River_(rivi%C3%A8re_du_Malin)) via [Walsh Lake](/source/Walsh_Lake_(Lac-Jacques-Cartier)) and [lac des Alliés](/source/Lac_des_Alli%C3%A9s), flowing in [Jacques-Cartier National Park](/source/Jacques-Cartier_National_Park). This lake is located entirely in the unorganized territory of [Lac-Jacques-Cartier](/source/Lac-Jacques-Cartier,_Quebec), in the [La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality](/source/La_C%C3%B4te-de-Beaupr%C3%A9_Regional_County_Municipality), administrative region of [Capitale-Nationale](/source/Capitale-Nationale), in [province](/source/Provinces_and_territories_of_Canada) of [Quebec](/source/Quebec), in [Canada](/source/Canada). The watershed of lake Fragasso is mainly served on the east side by the [route 175](/source/Quebec_Route_175) which connects the cities of [Quebec](/source/Quebec_(city)) and [Saguenay](/source/Saguenay,_Quebec). A secondary road serves the northern part of the lake for the needs of forestry and recreational tourism; while forest road 12 passes south in the area between Lake Fragasso and Lake Walsh.[1] The main economic activity in the sector is forestry, followed by recreational tourism. The surface of Lake Fragasso 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. ## Geography Lake Fragasso has a length of 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi), a width of 0.6 kilometres (0.37 mi) and its surface is at an altitude of 751 metres (2,464 ft). This lake between the mountains resembles a footprint imprinted in the sand. The [Sautauriski Lake](/source/Sautauriski_Lake) is located 0.4 kilometres (0.25 mi) on the northeast side of Lake Fragasso; the [lac Walsh](/source/Walsh_Lake_(Lac-Jacques-Cartier)) is located 0.3 kilometres (0.19 mi) on the southwest side of the lake; and the course of the [Jacques-Cartier River](/source/Jacques-Cartier_River) goes to 6.6 kilometres (4.1 mi) on the west side of the lake. From the mouth of lake Fragasso, the current first descends on 0.3 kilometres (0.19 mi) to reach [Walsh Lake](/source/Walsh_Lake_(Lac-Jacques-Cartier)), then successively on 0.44 kilometres (0.27 mi) westwards crossing Walsh Lake, on 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) to the west, then branches off to the north, where the water discharges at the bottom of the west bay of [lac des Alliés](/source/Lac_des_Alli%C3%A9s). From there, the current goes up on 1.3 kilometres (0.81 mi) towards the north, to join the current coming from the discharge of the [Rocheuse River](/source/Rocheuse_River_(rivi%C3%A8re_du_Malin)) (coming from the north). Then, the current from the latter crosses 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi) to the west of the Lac des Alliés to its mouth. From there, the current successively follows the course of the [Rocheuse River](/source/Rocheuse_River_(rivi%C3%A8re_du_Malin)) on 3.8 kilometres (2.4 mi); on 4.6 kilometres (2.9 mi) towards the southwest by following the course of the [rivière du Malin](/source/Rivi%C3%A8re_du_Malin); then on NNNN km generally towards the south along the current of the Jacques-Cartier river to the northeast bank of the [Saint-Laurent River](/source/Saint-Laurent_River). ## Toponymy This toponym appears on a forest map of 1928. From 1930, this toponym was replaced by the name "Fossambault Lake" whose justification could not be established; consequently, in 1990, the [Commission de toponymie du Québec](/source/Commission_de_toponymie_du_Qu%C3%A9bec) adopted the old designation, now the only official one. This toponym evokes the life work of [Michel Fragasso](/source/Michel_Fragasso) (1888-1954), originally from [Carignola](/source/Carignola), in the province of [Foggia](/source/Foggia), in [Italy](/source/Italy). After completing his engineering studies in [Liège](/source/Li%C3%A8ge), the latter immigrated to [Quebec](/source/Quebec) in 1912. In addition to having participated in the construction of the [Quebec Bridge](/source/Quebec_Bridge) around 1913, this engineer erected several dams, notably those at Jacques-Cartier lakes in the [Laurentides Wildlife Reserve](/source/Laurentides_Wildlife_Reserve), and Sautauriski, located in [Jacques-Cartier National Park](/source/Jacques-Cartier_National_Park). Michel Fragasso had married Clara Taché, daughter of the architect [Eugène-Étienne Taché](/source/Eug%C3%A8ne-%C3%89tienne_Tach%C3%A9), author of the plans for the [Parliament of Quebec](/source/Parliament_of_Quebec), the [Armory of Quebec](/source/Armory_of_Quebec) as well as the motto of Quebec: "[Je me souviens](/source/Je_me_souviens)".[2] The toponym "lac Fragasso" was formalized on October 19, 1990, by the [Commission de toponymie du Québec](/source/Commission_de_toponymie_du_Qu%C3%A9bec).[3] ## Notes and references 1. [Open Street Map - Accessed January 19, 2020](https://tools.wmflabs.org/osm4wiki/cgi-bin/wiki/wiki-osm.pl?project=en&article=Lac_Fragasso) 1. Source: Names and places of Quebec, work of the Commission de toponymie published in 1994 and 1996 in the form of a printed illustrated dictionary, and that of a CD-ROM produced by the company Micro-Intel, in 1997, from this dictionary. 1. [Commission de toponymie du Québec - Lac Fragasso - accessed January 19, 2020](http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/toposweb/Fiche.aspx?no_seq=192380) ## See also - [Jacques-Cartier National Park](/source/Jacques-Cartier_National_Park) - [La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality](/source/La_C%C3%B4te-de-Beaupr%C3%A9_Regional_County_Municipality) - [Lac-Jacques-Cartier](/source/Lac-Jacques-Cartier,_Quebec), an [unorganized territory](/source/Unorganized_area) - [Walsh Lake](/source/Walsh_Lake_(Lac-Jacques-Cartier)) - [Lac des Alliés](/source/Lac_des_Alli%C3%A9s) - [Rocheuse River](/source/Rocheuse_River_(rivi%C3%A8re_du_Malin)) - [Rivière du Malin](/source/Rivi%C3%A8re_du_Malin) - [Jacques-Cartier River](/source/Jacques-Cartier_River) - [List of lakes of Canada](/source/List_of_lakes_of_Canada) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Fragasso Lake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fragasso_Lake) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fragasso_Lake?action=history)). 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