| THE LAKE Size | length = 11 kms, width at the center = 2 kms
depth = 130 feet (front of the estate) | | | Upstream basin | parc du Mont Orford and forest land; no agriculture nor industry. | | | Water | exceptionally pure and unpolluted.
(Click to enlarge) | | | Fauna | aquatic birds (ducks, loons, etc.), shore (mink, beavers); fishing: grey trout, bass, perch... | | | Activities | summer: canoeing, swimming, sailing, ski, fishing winter on the ice: ski, fishing, skating | | | Speed control | motorboats speed maximum of 10 km/h at 100 meters from the shore (buoys and water patrol in summer). |
THE REGION Where | Eastern Townships, Appalachian mountains on the Eastern side of Mount Orford, surrounded by a wild forest reserved for a future park and national preserve. | | | Surroundings | contiguous to 2 000 acres of wild forest reserved for a future park and natural preserve. | | | Road access | single access by the North, Route #222 and Chemin Bombardier ; Chemin du Mont Cathédrale is a gated private road witch starts at the end of Chemin Bombardier. | | | Distances | Racine = 15 min
St-Denis de Brompton = 8 min
Valcourt = 20 min
Magog = 25 min
Sherbrooke = 25 min
Montreal = 1h 20 min
Orford Park and Center = 25 min
US border = 45 min |
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