# Lake Walker

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For other uses, see [Walker Lake (disambiguation)](/source/Walker_Lake_(disambiguation)).

**Lake Walker** is a [lake](/source/Lake) in [Quebec](/source/Quebec), [Canada](/source/Canada). It is located in the [Sept-Rivières Regional County Municipality](/source/Sept-Rivi%C3%A8res_Regional_County_Municipality) in the region of [Côte-Nord](/source/C%C3%B4te-Nord), about 30 km northwest of [Port-Cartier](/source/Port-Cartier,_Quebec).[6]

## Location

Lake Walker is within the [Port-Cartier–Sept-Îles Wildlife Reserve](/source/Port-Cartier%E2%80%93Sept-%C3%8Eles_Wildlife_Reserve). Since 2006 it has been proposed to establish the [Lake Walker National Park](/source/Lake_Walker_National_Park) within the wildlife sanctuary, surrounding Lake Walker. As of May 2019 the project was stalled for lack of funding.[7] It is named for [Hovenden Walker](/source/Hovenden_Walker), and gives its name to the [Lac-Walker](/source/Lac-Walker,_Quebec) unorganized territory.

## Environment

A map of the [Ecological regions of Quebec](/source/Ecological_regions_of_Quebec) places the lake in the 6J-T ecological subregion, part of the eastern spruce/moss domain of the boreal zone.[8]

## Hydrology

The main tributary of Lake Walker is the [Schmon River](/source/Schmon_River), which enters at the northern end.[9] Like many of the lakes in the region, Lake Walker is highly elongated, being 33 km long and no more than 4 km wide, and has steep rocky sides. A 2019 survey established its depth at 271 metres,[10] making it the deepest lake in Quebec, ahead of the [Pingualuit crater](/source/Pingualuit_crater) in [Nunavik](/source/Nunavik) (252 m).

The southern tip of the lake flows into the [Aux Rochers River](/source/Aux_Rochers_River) which carries its water to the Saint-Lawrence River about 30 km to the southeast.

## References

1. [Lake Walker](https://www.researchgate.net/en/article/lake-walker), on *researchgate.net*

1. [Lake Walker](https://www.researchgate.net/en/article/lake-walker), on *researchgate.net*

1. [Lake Walker](https://www.researchgate.net/en/article/lake-walker), on *researchgate.net*

1. [Lake Walker](https://www.researchgate.net/en/article/lake-walker), on *researchgate.net*

1. [Lake Walker](https://www.researchgate.net/en/article/lake-walker), on *researchgate.net*

1. ["Lac Walker"](http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/fiche.aspx?no_seq=66543) (in French), Commission de toponymie du Québec, retrieved 2013-04-24

1. St-Pierre 2019.

1. Saucier et al. 2011.

1. Bellavance 2018, p. 44.

1. [Lake Walker](https://www.researchgate.net/en/article/lake-walker), on *researchgate.net*

## Sources

- Bellavance, Denis (2018). ["Projet de parc national du Lac-Walker, Descriptions géologiques, géomorphologiques et sites d’intérêt"](ftp://ftp.mddelcc.gouv.qc.ca/DONNEES_OUVERTES/Cadre_ecologique_reference/CERQ_Publications/Bellavance2018_Descriptions%20geologiques_geomorphologiques_et_sites_d_interets_du_projet_de_parc_national_Lac-Walker.pdf) (in French). Retrieved 2019-09-01.
- Saucier, J.-P.; Robitaille, A.; Grondin, P.; Bergeron, J.-F.; Gosselin, J. (2011), ["Les régions écologiques du Québec méridional"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200619124205/https://mffp.gouv.qc.ca/forets/inventaire/pdf/carte-regions-ecologiques.pdf) (map) (in French), 4, Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune, archived from [the original](https://mffp.gouv.qc.ca/forets/inventaire/pdf/carte-regions-ecologiques.pdf) on 2020-06-19, retrieved 2019-09-14
- St-Pierre, Jean (7 May 2019), ["De "petits pas" vers un parc national au lac Walker"](https://macotenord.com/des-petits-pas-vers-un-parc-national-au-lac-walker/) (in French), *Ma Côte Nord*, Arsenal Media, retrieved 2019-09-01

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