| Escuminac River | |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type3: | City |
| Subdivision Name3: | Escuminac |
| Source1 Location: | Mountain streams in the Notre Dame Mountains, Rivière-Nouvelle, Quebec (unorganized territory), (Fauvel (township)), Quebec |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 48.3283°N -66.7733°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 515m (1,690feet) |
| Mouth Location: | Escuminac, Quebec, Quebec |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 66.4689°N 48.1231°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 0m (00feet) |
| Length: | 44.6km (27.7miles) |
| Tributaries Left: | (from the confluence) Edward Creek Campbell Creek, Carmichael stream, creek La Garde, Escuminac North River (Quebec), Burnt Land Brook, Falls Creek, Tilt stream, Rachel creek. |
| Tributaries Right: | (from the confluence) Harper Creek, Dawson Creek, Quinn ravine, Hells ravine, Big Creek, ravine of Riviere du Loup, Patricia stream. |
The River Escuminac flows through the regional county municipality (MRC) of Avignon Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, in Quebec, in Canada. The Escuminac River crosses the municipal territories of:
Over the last five kilometers of its course, the little valley of the Escuminac River widens, forming a green plain, where agriculture was practiced by the first inhabitants of the municipality of Escuminac, arranged on the North shore of the Bay of Escuminac, near the confluence of the river.
The Escuminac River is a tributary of the North shore of the Escuminac Bay located at the confluence of the Restigouche River; this bay opens to the East on the Chaleur Bay. The latter in turn opens to the East in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
The lower part of the Escuminac River is accessible by "East Escuminac road" along the Escuminac River from route 132 (Perron Boulevard); or either by Escuminac Northwest road to the hamlet Escuminac North. From the "fork Cellard", the upper part of the river is accessible by forest roads, one of which runs along the bottom and middle of the North Escuminac River (Quebec).
The Escuminac River originates from mountain streams at 515m (1,690feet) above sea level in the Fauvel (township), in the unorganized territory Rivière-Nouvelle, Quebec. This source is located at:
The Escuminac River flows Southeast, on the East side of the Assemetquagan River, and the West side of the Nouvelle River and Little Nouvelle River.
From its source, the course of the river flows on 44.6km (27.7miles) following these segments:
Upper Courses of the river (segment of 22.5km (14miles))
Lower course of the river (segment of 24.1km (15miles))
The Escuminac River empties into a little bay on the North shore of the Bay of Escuminac, located at the confluence of the Restigouche River. At low tide, the sandstone at the confluence of the Escuminac River extends up to 1.8km (01.1miles) in the Bay of Escuminac.
The confluence of the Escuminac River is located at:
The "Micmac" designate that river "Nipitua'qaneg river", meaning "place bushy" or "which shoots in flight."
In 1815, the surveyor Bouchette meant that stream "Semenac R". On an 1845 map, the mount is called "Mt. Scaumenac ". The current form was approved in 1918 by the Geographic Board[2]
The toponym "Escuminac River" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec (Quebec Names Board)[3]