Lac Mistassini
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Lac Mistassini is the largest natural lake in Quebec, Canada, known for its remote boreal setting and importance to Indigenous Cree communities.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lac Mistassini canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4988233 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lac Mistassini Context triple: [Labrador Peninsula, contains, Lac Mistassini]
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A.
Shawinigan
Shawinigan is a city in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada, known for its industrial history along the Saint-Maurice River and its role as a regional economic and cultural center.
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B.
Lac Saint-Louis
Lac Saint-Louis is a broad, shallow widening of the Saint Lawrence River near Montreal, Quebec, known for its recreational boating, rich birdlife, and historical role in regional trade and settlement.
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C.
Saguenay
Saguenay is a major city in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada, known for its fjord-like river valley and strong industrial and cultural presence.
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D.
Lac Inférieur
Lac Inférieur is a man-made lake in Paris’s Bois de Boulogne, popular for boating and leisure activities amid wooded parkland.
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E.
Chaudière River
The Chaudière River is a significant river in Quebec, Canada, known for flowing northward through the Beauce region before emptying into the Saint Lawrence River near Quebec City.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lac Mistassini Target entity description: Lac Mistassini is the largest natural lake in Quebec, Canada, known for its remote boreal setting and importance to Indigenous Cree communities.
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A.
Shawinigan
Shawinigan is a city in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada, known for its industrial history along the Saint-Maurice River and its role as a regional economic and cultural center.
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B.
Lac Saint-Louis
Lac Saint-Louis is a broad, shallow widening of the Saint Lawrence River near Montreal, Quebec, known for its recreational boating, rich birdlife, and historical role in regional trade and settlement.
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C.
Saguenay
Saguenay is a major city in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada, known for its fjord-like river valley and strong industrial and cultural presence.
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D.
Lac Inférieur
Lac Inférieur is a man-made lake in Paris’s Bois de Boulogne, popular for boating and leisure activities amid wooded parkland.
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E.
Chaudière River
The Chaudière River is a significant river in Quebec, Canada, known for flowing northward through the Beauce region before emptying into the Saint Lawrence River near Quebec City.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lake
ⓘ
natural lake ⓘ |
| basinCountry | Canada ⓘ |
| climateZone | subarctic climate ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel | approximately 373 metres ⓘ |
| freezesDuring | winter ⓘ |
| governedBy | Cree Nation of Mistissini (local authority over adjacent lands) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEcosystemType | boreal lake ecosystem ⓘ |
| hasFauna |
brook trout
ⓘ
lake trout ⓘ northern pike NERFINISHED ⓘ walleye ⓘ |
| hasHumanSettlementOnShore | Mistissini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIndigenousName | Mistassini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInflow |
Rivière Takwa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rivière Témiscamie NERFINISHED ⓘ Rivière du Chef ⓘ |
| hasIsland |
Île Manitounuk
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Île du Portage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOutflow |
Rivière Mistassini
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rivière Rupert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| indigenousTerritoryOf | Cree Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isLargest | largest natural lake in Quebec ⓘ |
| knownFor |
importance to Cree communities
ⓘ
remote boreal setting ⓘ sport fishing ⓘ wilderness tourism ⓘ |
| length | approximately 160 kilometres ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Canadian Shield
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eeyou Istchee Baie-James NERFINISHED ⓘ Mistassini River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ Quebec NERFINISHED ⓘ boreal forest ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeEntity | Nord-du-Québec NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Mistissini, Quebec NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maximumDepth | approximately 180 metres ⓘ |
| nameLanguage | Cree NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | big rock ⓘ |
| partOf | James Bay drainage basin ⓘ |
| surfaceArea | approximately 2,335 square kilometres ⓘ |
| traditionalTerritoryOf | Cree of Mistissini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
recreational fishing
ⓘ
subsistence fishing ⓘ traditional hunting access ⓘ |
| waterType | freshwater ⓘ |
| width | approximately 19 kilometres ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lac Mistassini Description of subject: Lac Mistassini is the largest natural lake in Quebec, Canada, known for its remote boreal setting and importance to Indigenous Cree communities.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.