De La Galette River Explained

De La Galette
Map:Gouin_Reservoir_74.72W_48.61.jpg
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Canada
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Quebec
Subdivision Type3:Region
Subdivision Name3:Mauricie
Length:34.2km (21.3miles)[1]
Source1:Unidentified Lake
Source1 Location:La Tuque (canton de Fréchette), Mauricie, Quebec
Source1 Coordinates:48.1642°N -74.5181°W
Source1 Elevation:449m (1,473feet)
Mouth:Gouin Reservoir
Mouth Location:La Tuque, Mauricie, Quebec
Mouth Coordinates:48.3161°N -74.4667°W
Mouth Elevation:402m (1,319feet)
Tributaries Right:Leblanc River (Gouin Reservoir)

The De La Galette River (French: "Rivière de la Galette") is a tributary of the southern shore of Gouin Reservoir (Bouzanquet Bay), flowing into the territory of the town of La Tuque, in the administrative region of the Mauricie, in Quebec, in Canada.

The "River Galette" flows successively in the townships of Fréchette and Delâge, south of the Gouin reservoir and the west side of the upper Saint-Maurice River. Forestry is the main economic activity of this valley; recreational tourism activities, second.

The route 400, connecting the Gouin Dam to the village of Parent, Quebec, serves the valley of "De La Galette River" bypassing the north-west Louis-Georges-Morin (altitude:); this road also serves the peninsula which stretches north in the Gouin Reservoir on . Some secondary forest roads are in use nearby for forestry and recreational tourism activities.

The surface of the "De La Galette River" is usually frozen from mid-November to the end of April, however, safe ice circulation is generally from early December to late March.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Atlas of Canada. atlas.nrcan.gc.ca. 2018-03-09. 2012-03-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20120329093702/http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/learningresources/facts/rivers.html. dead.