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The Taureau Lake Regional Park was built around Taureau Lake (said Bull Lake, in English), located in part (south half) in the municipality of Saint-Michel-des-Saints, in the MRC of Matawinie, in the administrative region of Lanaudière, in province of Quebec in Canada. The North-East of the regional park falls within the unorganized territory Baie-de-la-Bouteille and the northern part of the unorganized territory of Lac-Matawin in the MRC Matawinie. By the mid-19th Century, this sector has grown mainly through agriculture and forestry. Intensive logging generated logs which were deposited on the ice during winter. Driftwood down the Matawin River to the Saint-Maurice River, to feed the pulp and paper mills downstream, such as those of Grand-Mère Shawinigan and Trois-Rivières. From 20th Century, recreation and tourism is a major economic boost for the region. ==Geography== This regional park is backed by the west end of La Mauricie National Park. The southwest entrance to the Taureau Lake Regional Park is located in north of Montreal Olympic Park. The large reservoir of Lake Taurus covers . This large lake has of banks including many sandy beaches, including the beach of Pointe-fine located at the end of a peninsula jutting off the center of the lake. The sandy shores of "Baie du Milieu" (bays of the Middle), and "Baie des embranchements" (baie of Splitter) and "Baie du Poste" attract fans of camping and swimming in a wildness.〔environment 〕 The Matawin River flows into "Lac Taureau" by the west side, and jump back to the lake outlet (the East side), controlled by the "Matawin barrier" erected at the bottom of the "Baie du barrage" (Bay of the dam) at an altitude of . (1183 feet).〔 Taureau Lake has 45 islands, the most important are: * Western part of the Lake : îles jaune (Yellow Islands), "aux grands vents" (high winds), "aux Sables" (sands), "de la chauche" and Barineau, * Central part : Islands of France, "flottantes (floating), "Grande Ile Jumelle" (Big Twin Island), "îles jumelles" (twin islands), "du village" and île Ouest (West Island), * Eastern part: Lacroix islands (the largest in the area) and "île aux pins gris" (island of grey pine). Taureau Lake has three main parts (each adopting the north-south axis) connected by a narrow passage. Each part has several large bays : * Western part of the Lake : "baies du Poste" (Post bays), "du Milieu" (Middle) and Village bay, * Central part : "baies du canot rouge" (red canoe bay), Roe bay and Ignace bay, * Eastern part : "baie du barrage" (Dam bay) and "baie de la bouteille" (bay of the bottle).〔Geographical audits conducted by the historian Gaetan Veillette (Saint-Hubert, QC) from the map of the Taureau Lake Regional Park, published on the website ()〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Regional Park of Taureau Lake」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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