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Brome Lake

Coordinates: 45°14′55″N 72°30′53″W / 45.24861°N 72.51472°W / 45.24861; -72.51472
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Brome Lake
Lac Brome
Brome Lake Lac Brome is located in Quebec
Brome Lake Lac Brome
Brome Lake
Lac Brome
LocationBrome-Missisquoi, Montérégie, Quebec, Canada
Coordinates45°14′55″N 72°30′53″W / 45.24861°N 72.51472°W / 45.24861; -72.51472
Basin countriesCanada
Surface area14.53 km2 (5.61 sq mi)
Max. depth13 m (43 ft)
Surface elevation193 m (633 ft)
SettlementsBrome Lake
References[1]

Brome Lake (French: Lac Brome) is a freshwater 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]

The Quilliams-Durrull Nature Reserve is on Quilliams Brook, a small stream that feeds into the lake.[3]

Quilliams Brook, a tributary of Brome Lake
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References

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  1. ^ a b "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.
  3. ^ "Self-guided tour of Quilliams Brook". Renaissance Brome Lake. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
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