| Achepabanca | |
| Map: | Nottaway map.png |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Nord-du-Québec |
| Length: | 21.1km (13.1miles)[1] |
| Source1: | Machepabanca Lake |
| Source1 Location: | Senneterre, La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality (RCM), Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 48.6683°N -76.1592°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 419m (1,375feet) |
| Mouth: | Mégiscane River, Girouard Lake |
| Mouth Location: | Senneterre, La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 48.5511°N -76.2631°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 385m (1,263feet) |
| Tributaries Left: | Achepabanca River North-East |
The Achepabanca River is a tributary of the Mégiscane River, flowing into the north-eastern part of Senneterre, in La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality (RCM), in the administrative region of Abitibi-Témiscamingue, in Quebec, in Canada.
The course of the river successively crosses the townships of Maricourt, Charrette and Girouard (on the border of the canton Berthelot).
The Achepabanca River runs entirely on forest land north-east of the La Vérendrye Wildlife Reserve and on the west side of Gouin Reservoir. Forestry is the main economic activity of this hydrographic slope; recreational tourism activities, second. The surface of the river is usually frozen from the beginning of December to the end of April. The hydrographic slope of the Achepabanca River is served by some forest roads.
The toponym "Achepabanca River" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]