thumb|Couché de soleil sur le Lac Kénogami
Kenogami lake is a long lake in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of south-central Quebec, Canada. Situated at an altitude of , the lake is long and deep. "Kénogami" means "long lake" in the Montagnais dialect and was originally used to refer to Kenogami Lake, Ontario.
Hydroelectricity is the main economic activity in this sector; recreational tourism activities, second; forestry, third.
The surface of Lake Kénogami is usually frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, however the safe circulation on the ice is generally made from mid-December to mid-March.
Geography
Having for main hydrographic basin the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve (by rivers Pikauba, Cyriac and aux Écorces), this body of water, with an area of and a volume of 380 million m3 of water, is the source of the rivers Chicoutimi and Aux Sables.
On its shores are the municipalities of Hébertville, Larouche and the former municipalities of Laterrière and Lac-Kénogami now part of the city of Saguenay.
The reservoir waters are retained by the dams Portage-des-Roches, Pibrac-Est and Pibrac-Ouest as well as the Ouiqui, Baie- dikes Cascouia, Moncouche, Coulée-Gagnon, Creek Outlet (1, 2 and 3) and Pibrac (East and West).
This lake has two outlets:
- Chicoutimi River (east side) whose entrance is bounded by the barrage de Portage-des-Roches;
- rivière aux Sables (north side) whose entrance is bounded by the Pibrac West dam.
Main buildings around the lake
- Saint-Cyriac Chapel
- Price retirees center
From the barrage de Portage-des-Roches, corresponding to the mouth of Lake Kénogami, the current follows the course of the Chicoutimi River on towards the east, then the northeast and the course of the Saguenay River on eastward to Tadoussac where it merges with the Saint Lawrence estuary.
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