# Tourilli Lake

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For other uses, see [Tourilli (disambiguation)](/source/Tourilli_(disambiguation)).

The **lake Tourilli** is a freshwater body at the head of the [Tourilli River](/source/Tourilli_River), flowing in the [Laurentides Wildlife Reserve](/source/Laurentides_Wildlife_Reserve). This lake is located entirely in the unorganized territory of [Lac-Croche](/source/Lac-Croche,_Quebec), in the [La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality](/source/La_Jacques-Cartier_Regional_County_Municipality), administrative region of the [Capitale-Nationale](/source/Capitale-Nationale), in [province](/source/Provinces_and_territories_of_Canada) of [Quebec](/source/Quebec), in [Canada](/source/Canada).

The Lac Tourilli watershed is served by a few secondary forest roads for the purposes of forestry and recreational tourism activities.[1]

Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second.[2]

The surface of Lac Tourilli 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

Lac Tourilli has a length of 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi), a width of 1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi) and its surface is at an altitude of 665 metres (2,182 ft). This lake deep between the mountains is like a large misshapen X. It has four large bays:

- the first stretches over 0.5 kilometres (0.31 mi) to the south and receives the discharge (coming from the south) from Lake Vermuy;
- the second on 0.9 kilometres (0.56 mi) to the west and receives the discharge (coming from the northwest) from Lac Josselin;
- the third on 0.6 kilometres (0.37 mi) towards the north;
- the fourth in the form of growth comprising seven islands stretches over 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi) towards the mouth of the lake.[2]

The mouth of Lac Tourilli is located 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi) southwest of [Gregory Lake](/source/Gregory_Lake_(La_Jacques-Cartier)), 13.6 kilometres (8.5 mi) west of the course of [Jacques-Cartier River](/source/Jacques-Cartier_River) and 32.6 kilometres (20.3 mi) north of the confluence of the Tourilli River and the [Sainte-Anne River](/source/Sainte-Anne_River_(Mauricie)).[2]

From the mouth of Lac Tourilli, the current descends on 56.3 kilometres (35.0 mi) first to the north, then generally to the south, following the course of the Tourilli river until its confluence with the Sainte-Anne River; thence, the current generally flows south by borrowing the current from the Sainte-Anne river to the northeast bank of the [Saint-Laurent river](/source/Saint-Laurent_river).[2]

## Toponymy

The toponym "Lac Tourilli" is directly linked to the river of the same name.

The toponym "Lac Tourilli" was formalized on December 5, 1968, by the [Commission de toponymie du Québec](/source/Commission_de_toponymie_du_Qu%C3%A9bec).[3]

## Notes and references

1. [Open Street Map - Accessed February 7, 2020](https://tools.wmflabs.org/osm4wiki/cgi-bin/wiki/wiki-osm.pl?project=en&article=Lac_Tourilli)

1. [Atlas of Canada - Department of Natural Resources Canada - Lac Tourilli - Length of segments established using the distance measurement application](https://atlas.gc.ca/toporama/en/index.html)

1. [Commission de toponymie du Québec - Lac Tourilli - accessed January 19, 2020](http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/toposweb/Fiche.aspx?no_seq=63162)

## See also

- [Laurentides Wildlife Reserve](/source/Laurentides_Wildlife_Reserve)
- [Lac-Croche](/source/Lac-Croche,_Quebec), an [unorganized territory](/source/Unorganized_area)
- [Gregory Lake](/source/Gregory_Lake_(La_Jacques-Cartier))
- [Tourilli River](/source/Tourilli_River)
- [Rivière Sainte-Anne](/source/Sainte-Anne_River_(Mauricie))
- [List of lakes of Canada](/source/List_of_lakes_of_Canada)

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