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Bostonnais has a length of 10.8 km in the north-south direction. The southern part of the lake is 2.4 km wide and 2.8 km for northern part. A large island occupies the center of the southern part of the lake. A dozen other small islands are scattered mostly in the northern
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length is made parallel to the "Grand Lake
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