Lake Péribonka
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Lake Péribonka is a freshwater body of the unorganized territory of Mont-Valin, Quebec, in Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, in Quebec, Canada.
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Location | Mont-Valin, Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality, Quebec |
Coordinates | 50°06′56″N 71°14′57″W |
Primary inflows | Péribonka River |
Primary outflows | Péribonka River |
Basin countries | Canada |
Max. length | 59 kilometres (37 mi) |
Max. width | 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) |
Surface area | 264 kilometres (164 mi) |
Surface elevation | 435 metres (1,427 ft) |
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By the middle of the 19th century, forestry was the predominant economic activity of the sector. This large body of water is generally frozen from mid-November to the end of April; however, the period of safe ice traffic is usually from mid-December to the end of March.