René-Levasseur island

René-Levasseur Island is a large island in the centre of the , or Lake Manicouagan, in , Canada. This lake is a man made reservior created when a hydro electric dam was constructed in the 1960s.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Manicouagan Reservoir in Quebec, Canada
  • Also known as: “Ile Rene-Levasseur”, “Île René-Levasseur”, “Rene-Levasseur”, “René-Levasseur”, “René-Levasseur Island”, and “ルネ=ルヴァシュール島”

René-Levasseur island

Latitude
51.33341° or 51° 20′ 0″ north
Longitude
-68.66557° or 68° 39′ 56″ west
Elevation
682 metres (2,238 feet)
Open location code
973H88MM+9Q
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Turkish—“René-Levasseur island” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “René-Levasseur”
  • Cebuano: “Île René-Levasseur”
  • Chinese: “勒内-勒瓦瑟岛”
  • Dutch: “René Levasseureiland”
  • French: “île René-Levasseur”
  • French: “Île René-Levasseur”
  • Galician: “René-Levasseur”
  • German: “René-Levasseur-Insel”
  • Greek: “Νησί René-Levasseur”
  • Greek: “Νησί Ρενέ-Λεβασσέρ”
  • Italian: “isola René-Levasseur”
  • Italian: “Isola René-Levasseur”
  • Japanese: “ルネ・ルヴァスール島”
  • Latvian: “Renē Levasēra sala”
  • Norwegian: “René-Levasseurøya”
  • Polish: “René-Levasseur”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha René-Levasseur”
  • Russian: “Рене-Левассёр (остров)”
  • Russian: “Рене-Левассёр”
  • Spanish: “René-Levasseur”
  • Swedish: “René-Levasseur-ön”
  • Turkish: “René-Levasseur Adası”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Relais-Gabriel and Kaupashkueiat.

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Highlights: Lac du Coulé and Lac du Tambour.

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