All of the lake is in the canton of Faucher. Since the completion of the Gouin Dam in 1948, the navigability between the Gouin Reservoir and Lake Oskélanéo has become even easier with only two meters of difference in elevation.
Recreational tourism activities are the main economic activity of the sector, followed by orestry.
Route 404 serves the valley of the Oskélanéo River and connects to the Southeast at Route 400, which connects the Gouin Dam and the village of Parent, Quebec, also serves the valleys of rivers Jean-Pierre and Leblanc. The former road also serves the peninsula, which stretches north in the Gouin Reservoir on 30.1 kilometres (18.7 mi). A few secondary forest roads are in use nearby for forestry and recreational tourism activities.
The surface of Oskélanéo Lake is usually frozen from mid-November to late April, but the period of safe ice circulation is generally from early December to late March.
Geography
The surrounding hydrographic slopes of Lake Oskélanéo are:
The Oskélanéo Lake is Haylow Bay advancing westward 2.1 kilometres (1.3 mi) near the mouth of the lake. This lake is mainly fed by the Parker and Froissart streams, as well as by the outlet of Hill Lake (via Haylow Bay) and the outlet (coming from the South) of Marcotte and Bisborne Lakes.
This lake is split in two by a strait (North-South direction) of 5.2 kilometres (3.2 mi), located north of the railway bridge spanning the lake at the height of the village of Oskélanéo.
