| Métascouac River | |
| Pushpin Map: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Type4: | Regional County Municipality |
| Subdivision Name4: | La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality, La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality |
| Subdivision Type5: | Unorganized territory |
| Subdivision Name5: | Lac-Jacques-Cartier Lac-Croche |
| Length: | 17.4km (10.8miles) |
| Discharge1 Location: | Lac-Croche |
| Source1: | Lac Goulet |
| Source1 Location: | Lac-Jacques-Cartier |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 47.7728°N -71.8291°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 471m (1,545feet) |
| Mouth: | Petit lac Métascouac (going to Métabetchouane River) |
| Mouth Location: | Lac-Croche |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 47.6747°N -71.8383°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 439m (1,440feet) |
| Tributaries Left: | (upward from the mouth) Métascouac South River, ruisseau Canuck, discharge of lac Blanchette. |
| Tributaries Right: | (upward from the mouth) Discharge of lac Dejeté, unidentified stream, discharge of lakes des Néréides, Thétis, Goizel, Berthiaume and Métascouac. |
The Métascouac River is a tributary of the east bank of the Métabetchouane River (via the Petit lac Métascouac), flowing in the central west part of the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. The course of the river crosses the regional county municipalities of:
Forestry is the main economic activity in this valley; recreational tourism, second.
The surface of the Métascouac River (except the rapids zones) is usually frozen from the end of November to the beginning of April, however the safe circulation on the ice is generally done from mid-December to the end of March.
The main watersheds neighboring the Métascouac River are:
The Métascouac river has its source at the mouth of Lac Goulet (length: in the shape of a Y whose mouth (south side) is at the base of the letter; altitude:). This landlocked lake is fed by: the outlet (coming from the southwest) from the Ocre and Linaigrettes lakes; the outlet (coming from the west) of Lac Chaillot; the outlet (coming from the northwest) from Lac de la Marge; the outlet (coming from the north-east) from Affatt Lake.
From its source (mouth of Lac Goulet), the course of the Métascouac river flows over, with a drop of according to the following segments:
From the confluence of the Métascouac river, the current flows over:
The toponym "rivière Métascouac" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]