| Cavée 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: | La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality |
| Subdivision Type5: | Unorganized territory |
| Subdivision Name5: | Lac-Jacques-Cartier |
| Length: | 30.3km (18.8miles) |
| Discharge1 Location: | Lac-Jacques-Cartier |
| Source1: | Rieutard Lake |
| Source1 Location: | Lac-Jacques-Cartier |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 47.6982°N -71.4336°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 808m (2,651feet) |
| Mouth: | Rivière Jacques-Cartier Nord-Ouest |
| Mouth Location: | Lac-Jacques-Cartier |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 47.4842°N -71.5233°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 673m (2,208feet) |
| Tributaries Left: | (Upward from the mouth) Décharge du Lac de Céraistes, décharge des lacs de la Ciseray et McDuff, décharge (via le lac Bakys) des lacs Pinzière et Marthe, décharge (via le lac Chagnon) du lac Julien, décharge (via le lac Lavigne) d'un lac non identifié, ruisseau non identifié, décharge (via le lac Rieutard) d'un ensemble de lacs (Dan, Joug, Hardy, de la Rocaille, Mérillon et Dugas). |
| Tributaries Right: | (Upward from the mouth) Décharge des lacs Bill et Léo, décharge (via le lac Chagnon) des lacs Léon et Chaboyé, décharge (via le lac Dahous) des lac Papin et Petit lac Papin, décharge (via le lac Lavigne) du lac Nérée, décharge des lacs Gerbec, Ianus, Intermédiaire, Debous et Jas. |
The Cavée River is a freshwater tributary of the Rivière Jacques-Cartier Nord-Ouest that flows in the unorganized territory of Lac-Jacques-Cartier. It flows through the La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in Quebec, Canada. The course of the river crosses the Jacques-Cartier National Park.
Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector, followed by recreational tourism.
The surface of the Cavée River (except the rapids zones) is generally frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, but the safe circulation on the ice is generally made from the end of December to the beginning of March.
The main watersheds near the Cavée river are:
The Cavée river has its source at Rieutard Lake (length: ; altitude:, located in the unorganized territory of Lac-Jacques-Cartier, in the La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality This lake receives water from the eastern side of the discharge of a set of lakes (Mérillon, Dugas, de la Rocaille, Hardy, Joug and Dan).
From the mouth of Rieutard Lake, the Cavée River flows over, with a total drop of, according to the following segments:
Upper course of the Cavée river (segment of)
Lower course of the Cavée river (segment of)
From the confluence of the Cuvée river, the current follows the course of the Rivière Jacques-Cartier Nord-Ouest on, the course of the Jacques-Cartier River on to the south the northeast bank of the Saint Lawrence River.[1]
The toponym "Rivière Cavée" was formalized on December 5, 1968 at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]