| Normand 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: | Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality |
| Subdivision Type5: | Unorganized territory and a city |
| Subdivision Name5: | Lac-Ministuk |
| Length: | 8.4km (05.2miles) |
| Discharge1 Location: | Lac-Ministuk |
| Source1: | Lac Prud’homme |
| Source1 Location: | Lac-Ministuk |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 48.0435°N -71.262°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 720 |
| Mouth: | Cyriac River |
| Mouth Location: | Lac-Ministuk |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 48.0972°N -71.2481°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 480m (1,580feet) |
| River System: | Saguenay River |
The Normand river is a freshwater tributary of the Cyriac River, flowing in the unorganized territory of Lac-Ministuk, in the Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. The upper and intermediate course of the Normand River crosses the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve.
The Normand River is accessible by route 175; other secondary forest roads have been developed in the sector for forestry and recreational tourism activities.
Forestry is the primary economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second.
The surface of the Normand River 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 adjacent to the Normand River are:
The Normand River has its source in Normand Lake (length: 0.9km (00.6miles); altitude: 602m (1,975feet)). The northern mouth of Lake Prud’homme is located at:
From Normand Lake, the course of the Normand river generally flows northeast over 13km (08miles), with a drop of 252m (827feet) entirely in the forest zone, according to following segments:
The Normand River flows onto the southwest bank of the Cyriac River. This confluence is located at:
From the confluence of the Normand river with the Cyriac river, the current descends the latter on 17.1km (10.6miles) to the north, then the current crosses Lake Kénogami on 6.3km (03.9miles) northeasterly to the dam of Portage-des-Roches, then follows the course of the Chicoutimi River on 26.2km (16.3miles) eastward, then northeasterly and the course of Saguenay River on 114.6km (71.2miles) eastward to Tadoussac where it merges with the Saint Lawrence estuary.[1]
The toponym "Normand river" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]