The Petit lac Wayagamac is located in the city of La Tuque, in Mauricie, in Quebec, in Canada. Until 2006, the territory of this lake was part of the former unorganized territory of Petit-Lac-Wayagamac, before being merged with La Tuque. The territory of the lake is controlled by the Zec de la Bessonne.
Geography
The mouth of Petit lac Wayagamac is located southeast of downtown La Tuque and east of Lake Wayagamac. These two lakes are surrounded by the Laurentians mountains, certain peaks exceeding 400 meters above sea level. This Haute-Mauricie lake includes Bouleau Bay and Mystérieur Bay located at the mouth of the Mysterious River. Petit lac Wayagamac has a length of, a width of and an altitude of. Little Bostonnais River From the outlet of Petit lac Wayagamac, the Petite Rivière Bostonnais runs 4.4 km before emptying into Lake Wayagamac. Lake Wayagamac in turn empties from the west into the Little Bostonnais River which is approximately 10.6 km long, between the Wayagamac lake dam and the mouth of the river which flows into the Saint-Maurice River at the southern limit of the town of La Tuque. From the outlet of Petit lac Wayagamac, the water from the Petite rivière Bostonnais flows over 23.6 km, 8.6 km of which cross Lake Wayagamac from East to West.
Toponymy
According to Father G. Lemoine, the expression "waweia gamak" is akin to the Algonquin language, and means "at the round lake". For father Joseph-Étienne Guinard, waiagamak, put for wawiagamaw, has the meaning of a round lake. Yet its shape is more triangular than round. This name, in the form of Wayagamack was mentioned in 1876 in one of the reports of the surveyor Télésphore Chavigny De La Chevrotière. From 1913, Wayagamack identified a pulp and paper factory established in Trois-Rivières. The toponym "Petit lac Wayagamac" was officially registered on December 5, 1968 in the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.. In addition, Kruger, in partnership with the Société générale de financement du Québec, acquired the Kruger Wayagamack plant in 2001. This plant is located on Île-de-la-Potherie, at Trois-Rivières.
