Lake Nicolet

{{short description|Lake in Centre-du-Québec, Quebec (Canada)}}

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| name = Lake Nicolet

| native_name ={{native name|fr|Lac Nicolet}}

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| image = Lac Nicolet.jpg

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| caption = Lake Nicolet seen from Gosford street, near Saints-Martyrs-Canadiens

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| location = Canada, Quebec, Centre-du-Québec, Arthabaska Regional County Municipality

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| outflow = Nicolet River

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| catchment = {{convert|9.4|km|2}}

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| length = {{convert|5.1|km}}

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| depth = {{convert|17|m}}

| max-depth = {{convert|41|m}}

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| elevation = {{convert|350|m}}

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| frozen = Mid December to end of April

| islands = Boulanger, Linke, L'Heureux, Baril, Michel-Rheault, Rolland.

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Note: not to be confused with another "Lake Nicolet", in Michigan (USA), on the St. Marys River (Michigan–Ontario) which links Lake Superior with Lake Huron.

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 {{convert|137|km}} 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.