Brome Lake

This article is about the fresh water lake in Quebec. For the town, see Brome Lake, Quebec.
Brome Lake
Lac Brome
Location Brome-Missisquoi, Montérégie, Quebec, Canada
Coordinates 45°14′55″N 72°30′53″W / 45.24861°N 72.51472°W / 45.24861; -72.51472Coordinates: 45°14′55″N 72°30′53″W / 45.24861°N 72.51472°W / 45.24861; -72.51472
Basin countries Canada
Surface area 14.53 km2 (5.61 sq mi)
Max. depth 13 m (43 ft)
Surface elevation 193 m (633 ft)
Settlements Brome Lake
References [1]

Brome Lake (French: Lac Brome) is a fresh water lake in the town of Brome Lake, in the Brome-Missisquoi regional county municipality of the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada. It is the source of the Yamaska River.

The name Brome Lake comes from Brome Township which itself was first recorded on the map of Gale and Duberger in 1795. The name of the township was shortly afterward transferred to the lake. The lake was first referred to under that name in 1815 by Joseph Bouchette, after which the name was kept.[1] As for the name Brome, it probably is borrowed from the name of a village in Suffolk or Brome Hall, the castle of the aristocratic Cornwallis family, of which one of its members, Charles Cornwallis was titled Viscount Brome between 1753 and 1762.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Lac Brome". Banque de noms de lieux du Québec. Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  2. ↑ "Brome". Banque de noms de lieux du Québec. Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 8 October 2012.


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