Lac Joseph: Located in Labrador, near the Quebec border, is the fifth largest lake, 451 km2 (174 mi2). Translated from Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre, comes the following information:

The area was known settlers of New France in the early eighteenth century and belonged to Quebec before being assigned to Labrador Newfoundland in 1927, when the Privy Council in London settled the debate on border Quebec-Labrador by locating the end of the Labrador coast at the limit of the watershed flowing into the Labrador Sea.

The water surface of Lake Joseph is 397 km2. Including the islands, the total area is 451 km2.... The Lake Joseph watershed covers 6,900 km2.

Despite a relatively circular general shape, the geometry of the lake is particularly complex, with contours comprising countless bays and coves.

The western part of the lake, less deep than the eastern part, is also dotted with a multitude of islands of modest size and islets. The eastern part comprising a large island occupies a depression that stretches from north to south. This landscape is the result of the topography of the land shaped by glacial erosion.

Upstream from Lake Joseph is Petit lac Joseph connected by a short but abundant river about 4 km long interspersed with rapids. The two lakes are a few hundred meters apart among many bodies of living or stagnant water created by the impermeability of soils resting on the Canadian shield.

Petit lac Joseph is fed by several rivers, the main one of which originates in the south.... The Lac Joseph area was little known to Europeans until the 20th CENTURY.

The map of Labrador compiled circa 1895 by John George Bartholomew from the latest surveys shows an advanced knowledge of the central peninsula, especially of the many lakes in the upper Churchill River basin.

But the map makes absolutely no mention of Lake Joseph between lakes Ashuanipi and Aticonac (two major portage routes between the Gulf of St. Lawrence and central Labrador) despite its immensity.

There is no permanent activity around Lake Joseph due to its isolation. The three 735 kilovolt high-voltage lines connecting the Churchill Falls power station in Quebec pass at the southern end of Petit lac Joseph.

Given that there are fewer "lakes" as compared to "ponds", it is not unexpected that there are fewer communities with the word "lake" included in their name.

Used with permission from "Uncovering the Origin of 1001 Unique Place Names in Newfoundland and Labrador" 2021 Jennifer Leigh Hill

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