Lac Nicolet
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Lake Nicolet (in French: lac Nicolet) is located 50 km south of Victoriaville, in the municipality of Saints-Martyrs-Canadiens, in Arthabaska Regional County Municipality (MRC), in administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, Canada.
Lake Nicolet is the source of the Nicolet River which flows 137 kilometres (85 mi) to the southeast shore of lake Saint-Pierre, in Nicolet. The latest is crossed through the North-East by the St. Lawrence River.
This lake is surrounded by Chemin du Lac-Nicolet (north-west side) and Chemin Gosford-Sud (south-east side).
The lake takes its name from Jean Nicolet (1598 - 1642), a French explorer at the time of New France who is known to have been the first European to explore Lake Michigan.
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