| Chézine North River | |
| Name Other: | Rivière Chézine Nord |
| 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 Jacques-Cartier |
| Subdivision Type5: | Unorganized territory and municipality |
| Subdivision Name5: | Lac-Croche and Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier |
| Length: | 29.3km (18.2miles) |
| Source1: | Corbin Lake |
| Source1 Location: | Lac-Croche |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 47.2293°N -71.6649°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 681m (2,234feet) |
| Mouth: | Chézine |
| Mouth Location: | Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 47.1475°N -71.6597°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 430m (1,410feet) |
| Tributaries Left: | (Upward from the mouth) Ruisseau non identifié, décharge du lac Sergiron, décharge du lac Bousset (via le Lac Varrin), décharge du Petit lac Jolly. |
| Tributaries Right: | (Upward from the mouth) Ruisseau non identifié, décharge de trois petits lacs non identifiés, ruisseau non identifié, ruisseau non identifié. |
The Rivière Chézine Nord (English: Chézine North River) is a tributary of the Chézine flowing in the unorganized territory of Lac-Croche and the municipality of Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, in the La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in Quebec, in Canada.
The North Chézine River valley is served by secondary forest roads for the needs of forestry and recreational tourism activities.[1]
The main economic activities in the sector are forestry and recreational tourism activities.[1]
The surface of the North Chézine 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 water level of the river varies with the seasons and the precipitation; the spring flood occurs in March or April.
The North Chézine River rises at the mouth of Corbin Lake (length: ; altitude) in the unorganized territory of Lac-Croche. This lake is part of a plateau located between the mountains is fed by only a stream. This lake is located on the southern slope of the watershed with Lake Georgina, located to the north. A mountain peak culminates at at northwest of the lake. The mouth of Lake Corbin is located at:
From the mouth of Lac Corbin, the North Chézine river flows over entirely in the forest zone in a deep valley when entering the municipality of Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, to its mouth. This river has a drop of .[1]
The Chézine river flows into a bend on the north bank of the Chézine river. This confluence is located west of the course of the Sainte-Anne river, west of the course of the Jacques-Cartier river, northwest of downtown Quebec and north of the confluence of the Sainte- Anne with the St. Lawrence River.
From the confluence of the North Chézine river, the current descends on generally south, then south-east, the course of the Chézine river, then on generally south and southwest following the course of the Sainte-Anne river, to the northwest shore of the Saint-Laurent river.[1]
The Chézine is a river of the Loire-Atlantique, in France, which flows into the Loire in Nantes. In Quebec, the toponyms "Rivière Chézine", "Rivière Chézine Nord" and "Lac Chézine" are interconnected.
The toponym "Rivière Chézine nord" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]