Regional Park of Taureau Lake

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.

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 155 kilometres (96 mi) north of Montreal Olympic Park. The large reservoir of Lake Taurus covers 95 square kilometres (37 sq mi). This large lake has 31.7 kilometres (19.7 mi) 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.

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 356.58 metres (1,169.9 ft). (1183 feet).

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