Lac de Ganivet, reservoir in France

Lac de Ganivet is an artificial reservoir on the Colagne in Lozère, on the slopes of the Margeride west of the Palais du Roy plateau, with a surface area of 0.12 km². In the photograph, a wooden footbridge of horizontal round logs on vertical posts crosses the water, with a lower parallel walkway of rough timber in front; behind and higher, a suspension footbridge with a light metal mesh railing curves slightly downward at the middle. Trees line the far bank.

Lac de Ganivet is an artificial lake in the Lozère department, fed by the Colagne like the nearby Lac de Charpal. The sources give no construction date or builder; they record only that from summer 2017 the Randon–Margeride community of communes added swimming supervision, pedal boat and canoe rental, and a bar-restaurant in the reception building.

Since summer 2017 the Randon-Margeride community has run supervised swimming in a marked zone, pedal boat and canoe hire, and a bar-restaurant, Le Ganivet, in the reception building, open April to November. A picnic area and a children's playground with swings and a slide sit beside the water.

Lac de Ganivet lies on the Colagne in the communes of Lachamp-Ribennes and Saint-Gal, west of the Palais du Roy plateau. A car park serves visitors, and a free slipway gives non-motorised craft — dinghies, windsurf boards, paddleboards, fishing boats — access to the water; motorboats are not allowed. Swimming is supervised in a marked zone, and a waymarked path around the lake was planned for spring 2020.

The wooden footbridge in the photo is not the only crossing: a suspension footbridge with a light metal mesh railing runs behind and above it, its deck dipping slightly at mid-span. Both link the banks of this 0.12 km² reservoir on the Colagne, west of the Palais du Roy plateau.