Lac Sam is situated along the intersection of the municipal boundary line between the Municipalities of Denholm and Lac-Sainte-Marie, which are two of 18 Municipalities that comprise the greater Regional County Municipality (MRC) of La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau. A Satellite view of Lac Sam and environs is provided below courtesy of Google Maps.
Lac Sam is named after a local man named Samuel Warwick who logged the area in the 1800’s. The horseshoe-shaped kettle lake was situated in native Algonquin territory and surrounded by white pine trees before logging. Now, Lac Sam provides beautiful vistas of mixed and boreal forests featuring tall, graceful hemlock trees.
Some Lac Sam facts:
- According to FAPEL.org the surface area of Lac Sam is 460 acres and the maximum depth is 211 feet.
- Water Depth of Lac Sam
- Lloyd Jarvis says that his depth finder produced several readings of 245ft. in the center of the east arm.
- John Garton has probed below 200ft. on the west arm.
For an entertaining look at the history of Lac Sam and early cottage life on the lake, browse through Bob Rees’s book “Lac Sam, The Hidden Jewel of the Gatineau’s”.
Purpose of Website
This website is dedicated to the ecological preservation of Lac Sam. We will continue to add more information with posts that will be displayed on the site. We hope it becomes a useful resource and information-sharing hub for the cottagers and guests of Lac Sam and inspires all of us to be good stewards of the lake.
Lac Sam via Google Maps: