Lake Massawippi

For the similar-sounding lake in New York, U.S., see Massawepie Lake.

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File:Lake Massawippi seen from North Hatley.JPG Lake Massawippi, seen from North Hatley
File:Lac Massawippi (sat).jpg Satellite view of Lake Massawippi
Location	Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality, Estrie, Quebec
Coordinates
Type	Natural
Primary inflows	Tomifobia River
Primary outflows	Massawippi River
Catchment area	586 square kilometres (226 sq mi)
Basin countries	Canada
Max. length	14.2 kilometres (8.8 mi)
Max. width	1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi)
Surface area	18.7 square kilometres (7.2 sq mi)
Average depth	41.6 metres (136 ft)
Max. depth	85.7 metres (281 ft)
Water volume	0.745 cubic kilometres (0.179 cu mi)
Shore length1	38.3 kilometres (23.8 mi)
Surface elevation	161 metres (528 ft)
Settlements	North Hatley
References
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Lake Massawippi is a freshwater lake in Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. The Tomifobia River is the source of the lake at its southern tip, near the village of Ayer's Cliff, Quebec. In early records, the lake was also called "Lake Tomifobi". The current of the lake flows north, funneling into the Massawippi River at the village of North Hatley, Quebec on Massawippi's northern shore.

It is bordered by five municipalities: North Hatley, Hatley Township, the municipality of Hatley, Ayer's Cliff and Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley.

Massawippi is an Abenaki word that translates to "the big deep lake" in English.

Leisure

A pier on Lake Massawippi in North Hatley.

A popular summer destination for wealthy Americans in the late-19th and early-20th centuries, industrialist Foxhall P. Keene, writer Upton Sinclair, and the Barron family (of Barron's Magazine) were among those who owned seasonal estates on the lake.

Today Lake Massawippi is the site of two luxury hotels — Hovey Manor and the Ripplecove Inn.

In 2003, French President Jacques Chirac spent his summer holiday on the lake at the Hatley Inn, a luxury hotel renowned for its gastronomy that has since burnt down.