Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean (, ) is a region in
Quebec,
Canada. It contains the
Saguenay Fjord, the estuary of the
Saguenay River, stretching through much of the region. It is also known as
Sagamie in French, from the first part of "Saguenay" and the last part of "Piekouagami", the
Innu name (meaning "flat lake") for
Lac Saint-Jean, with the final "e" added to follow the model of other existing region names such as
Mauricie,
Témiscamie,
Jamésie, and
Matawinie.
[1]The name
Saguenay is possibly derived from the
Innu word "Saki-nip" which means "where water flows out".
[2][3]With a land area of 98,710.11 km
2 (38,112.19 sq mi), the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean is, after the
Nord-du-Québec and
Côte-Nord regions, the third largest of
Quebec regions in the area.