Petite rivière Savane | |
Name Other: | Old name: and |
Pushpin Map: | Quebec |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Quebec |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | Capitale-Nationale |
Subdivision Type4: | Regional County Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality |
Subdivision Type5: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name5: | Lac-Jacques-Cartier, Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges |
Length: | 101km (63miles) |
Source1: | Confluence of three mountain streams |
Source1 Location: | Lac-Jacques-Cartier |
Source1 Coordinates: | 47.2391°N -70.9489°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 753 m |
Mouth: | Sainte-Anne River (Beaupré) |
Mouth Location: | Lac-Jacques-Cartier |
Mouth Coordinates: | 47.2939°N -70.7514°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 324 m |
Tributaries Left: | (Upward from the mouth) Three unidentified streams. |
Tributaries Right: | (Upward from the mouth) Three unidentified streams, discharge from an unidentified lake. |
The Petite rivière Savane (English: Little Savannah River) is a tributary of the Sainte-Anne River, flowing on the north bank of the Saint Lawrence River, in the territory unorganized from Lac-Jacques-Cartier, in the La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.
This small valley is served on each side of the river by various forest roads. Forestry is the main economic activity in this valley; recreational tourism, second.
The surface of the Petite Savane River is generally frozen from the beginning of December until the end of March; however, safe traffic on the ice is generally from mid-December to mid-March. The upper part has a freezing period of about an additional week. The water level of the river varies with the seasons and the precipitation; the spring flood occurs in March or April.
The Petite Rivière Savane rises at the confluence of three mountain streams, on the west side of Mont Bleu, in the unorganized territory of Lac-Jacques-Cartier. This source of the eastern flank of Mont Raoul-Blanchard, is located at:
The course of this river bypasses Mont Bleu from the north. From its source, the course of this river descends on bypassing Mont Bleu by the north, with a drop of, according to the segments following:
The Petite rivière Savane flows on the southwest shore of the Sainte-Anne River (Beaupré), in the unorganized territory of Lac-Jacques-Cartier, facing the northern limit of Saint-Tite-des-Caps. This confluence is located west of the northwest shore of the St. Lawrence River, south west of the village center of Petite-Rivière-Saint-François and north of the village center of Saint-Tite-des-Caps.
From the confluence of the Petite Savane River, the current flows over generally towards the southwest by the course of the Sainte-Rivière Anne, which crosses downtown Beaupré, to the northwest shore of the Saint Lawrence River.[1]
The toponym "Petite rivière Savane" was formalized on March 25, 1997 at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]