Manicouagan Reservoir
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Manicouagan Reservoir is an annular lake in central Quebec, Canada, covering an area of 1,942 km2. The lake island in its centre is known as René-Levasseur Island, and its highest point is Mount Babel
Pingualuit aerial 2007
René-Levasseur Island
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René-Levasseur Island is a large island in the centre of the Manicouagan Reservoir, or Lake Manicouagan, in Quebec, Canada. This lake is a man made reservior created when a hydro electric dam was cons
Manicouagan Reservoir
…Manicouagan ; French: ) is an annular lake in central Quebec, Canada, covering an area of 1,942 km2 (750 sq mi). The lake island in its centre is known as René-Levasseur Island, and its highest point is Mount Babel. The structure was created 214 (±1) million years ago, in the Late Triassic, by the impact of a meteorite 5 km…
René-Levasseur Island is the large island in the centre of this image. Image courtesy of NASA.
René-Levasseur Island in the background
Clearcutting on the island
As seen from space shuttle (north is to the lower right)