DANIEL FRANCIS
Canadian Encyclopedia
01-01-2002
Abitibi, Lake
Author: DANIEL FRANCIS
Abitibi, Lake , 932 km, elev 265 m, straddles the Qubec-Ontario border about 280 km S ofJAMES BAY . Irregularly shaped and about 75 km long, it is actually 2 lakes joined by a narrows. It drains W and N through the Abitibi R and Moose R to the bottom of James Bay. The region is heavily forested and supports aPULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY centred atIROQUOIS FALLS , W of the lake.GOLD mining has been important and the wild ...