| Petite rivière aux Pins | |
| 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 Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality |
| Length: | 7km (04miles) |
| Source1: | Forested creek |
| Source1 Location: | Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 47.0461°N -71.5461°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 458 m |
| Mouth: | Rivière aux Pins |
| Mouth Location: | Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 47.0028°N -71.5614°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 159 m |
| Tributaries Left: | (Upward from the mouth) Décharge de treize petits lacs non identifiés, décharge d'un lac non identifié, décharge de trois petits lacs non identifiés, décharge de huit petits lacs non identifiés, décharge de deux petits lacs non identifiés, décharge d'un petit lac non identifié. |
| Tributaries Right: | (Upward from the mouth) Décharge de cinq petits lacs non identifiés dont le lac Cattolica, ruisseau non identifié. |
The Petite rivière aux Pins is a tributary of the Rivière aux Pins, flowing entirely in the territory of Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, in the La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in Quebec, in Canada.
The Petite Rivière aux Pins valley is served by a secondary forest road.[1] Forestry is the main economic activity; recreational tourism, second.
The surface of the Petite rivière aux Pins (except the rapids areas) is generally frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March; safe circulation on the ice is generally done from the end of December to the beginning of March. The water level of the river varies with the seasons and the precipitation.
The Petite rivière aux Pins draws its main source from an unidentified lake (length: ; altitude:) in the municipality of Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier. This lake enclosed between the mountains is located in a forest area outside (southwest side) of the limit of the ecological reserve of Tantaré and on the south side of Lake Tantaré.
The mouth of this head lake is located west of the course of the Jacques-Cartier River, to the south west of the course of the Cassian River, at north of the confluence of the Petite rivière aux Pins with the Rivière aux Pins and north of the confluence of the Rivière aux Pins with the Saint-Joseph Lake.
From the mouth of the head lake, the Petite rivière aux Pins flows over, with a drop of, according to the following segments:
The confluence of the Petite Rivière aux Pins and the Rivière aux Pins is located west of the Jacques-Cartier River, at at north of the confluence of the aux Pins river with lac Saint-Joseph, northwest of the village center of Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier.
From this confluence, the current flows on:
The various pine species are a common conifer in eastern Canada. The pines were used as firewood, building materials or furniture. This soft wood is easy to saw, perforate or laminate. The term "pine" is often used in toponyms used in the territory of Quebec.
The toponym "Petite rivière aux Pins" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec[3]