| Américaine River | |
| Pushpin Map: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Capitale-Nationale |
| Subdivision Type4: | Regional County Municipality |
| Subdivision Name4: | Portneuf Regional County Municipality |
| Subdivision Type5: | Municipalities |
| Subdivision Name5: | Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne |
| Length: | 11.3km (07miles) |
| Discharge1 Location: | Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne |
| Source1: | Perthius Lake |
| Source1 Location: | Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne, MRC Portneuf Regional County Municipality |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 46.8394°N -72.0565°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 224m (735feet) |
| Mouth: | Jacquot River |
| Mouth Location: | Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 46.8406°N -71.9808°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 140m (460feet) |
| Tributaries Left: | (Upward from the mouth) Le Gros Ruisseau (décharge du lac à Théodore), décharge du Lac Praxède, décharge du Lac Écarté. |
The American River is a tributary of the Jacquot River flowing in the municipality of Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne, in the MRC Portneuf Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in Quebec, in Canada.
Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreotourism activities, second.
The surface of the American river (except the rapids zones) is generally frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March; however, safe circulation on the ice is generally done from the end of December to the beginning of March.
The American River originates from Lake Perthuis (length: ; altitude).
The mouth of this lake is located at:
From the mouth of Lake Perthuis, the course of the Jacquot River flows over with a drop of, according to the following segments:
After several streamers at the bottom of a valley between two mountains, including the mountain at Jeannot, the American river flows in a bend on the southwest bank of the Jacquot River at:
From there, the current descends on generally south and southwest following the course of the Sainte-Anne River, until on the northwest shore of the St. Lawrence River.[1] [2]
The toponym "American River" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[3]