| Coxipi River | |
| Name Other: | Rivière Coxipi |
| Pushpin Map: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Côte-Nord |
| Subdivision Type4: | RCM |
| Subdivision Name4: | Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent |
| Mouth: | Gulf of Saint Lawrence |
The Coxipi River (French: '''Rivière Coxipi''') is a salmon river in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. It flows south through Quebec from Labrador and empties into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.
The main channel of the river is about long, of which is in Labrador.The river has a Strahler number of 6.The headwaters of the river rise at about .The river drops by more than in its first 30-.It is fed by Lake Poincarré.The Lake Coxipi is long and narrow, essentially a widening of the Coxipi River.The mouth of the river is in the municipality of Saint-Augustin in Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality. It is about from the village of Saint-Augustin.
The 1914 and 1925 editions of the Dictionnaire des rivières et lacs de la province de Québec call the river Léandre River.That name is said to come from a fisherman named Léandre who was based at its mouth for many years.The 1921 Noms géographiques de la province de Québec gives Léandre River as the official name, and refers Coxipi River to Léandre River.In 1948 the Quebec Geography Commission accepted Coxipi as the official name.The name "Coxipi" comes from the Innu language name Kak Sipi, which means "porcupine river". Some sources say that coxipi means "sorcerer".
The Dictionnaire des rivières et lacs de la province de Québec (1914) says of the Léandre River,
The Coxipi River basin covers .Of this is in Labrador.It lies between the basins of the Saint-Augustin River to the west and the Chécatica River to the east.The Quebec portion is partly in the unorganized territory of Petit-Mécatina and partly in the municipality of Saint-Augustin.The average elevation of the watershed in, rising to a maximum of .The river basin include part of the proposed Basses Collines du Lac Guernesé Biodiversity Reserve.This would protect the area from hydroelectric development.
A map of the ecological regions of Quebec shows the Coxipi River in sub-regions 6o-T, 6n-T and 6m-T of the east spruce/moss subdomain.About 80.6% of the watershed is forest covered, with just 3.1% covered in shrubs or grassland.9.6% of the watershed in water and 1.2% wetlands.Annual daily mean temperatures are 0-, ranging from -16.5to in January to 13.9to in July.Average annual precipitation is 1005.4to.Land mammals include black bear, moose, boreal woodland caribou, wolf, lynx, beaver, North American porcupine, mink, hare and red fox.
The Coxipi River is recognized as an Atlantic salmon river.There are several fishing holes in the rapids at the river mouth.The salmon mount the river for over .Brook trout are also common.The Pourvoirie Saint-Augustin, an outfitter accessible by boat or floatplane, provides fishing services over a stretch.The Pourvoirie Kecarpoui arranges fishing/camping expeditions that include the Véco, Kécarpoui, Saint-Augustin, Coxipi, Chécatica and Napetipi rivers.