Petite rivière aux Saumons | |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Quebec |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean |
Subdivision Type4: | Regional County Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Maria-Chapdelaine Regional County Municipality |
Length: | 13.1km (08.1miles) |
Source1: | Lake Anita |
Source1 Location: | Rivière-Mistassini |
Source1 Coordinates: | 48.9728°N -72.8958°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 279m (915feet) |
Mouth: | Ashuapmushuan River |
Mouth Location: | Saint-Thomas-Didyme |
Mouth Coordinates: | 48.8733°N -72.8689°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 190m (620feet) |
Progression: | Ashuapmushuan River, Lac Saint-Jean, Saguenay River, Saint Lawrence River |
Tributaries Left: | (upstream) discharge of a small lake, discharge of lakes Orignal, Line and Pointes, discharge of Lake Marcel (via le Lac de la Petite Rivière aux Saumons). |
Tributaries Right: | (upstream) Lac Têtu discharge, lake discharge, discharge of lakes Roger and Chaloupe (via Lac de la Petite Rivière aux Saumons), stream (via lake Malfait). |
The Petite rivière aux Saumons (English: Little Salmons River) is a tributary of the Ashuapmushuan River, flowing in the unorganized territory of Rivière-Mistassini and in the municipality of Saint-Thomas-Didyme, in the Maria-Chapdelaine Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.
The valley of the Petite rivière aux Saumons is mainly served by forest roads.[1]
Forestry is the main economic activity in this valley.
The Petite rivière aux Saumons has its source at the mouth of the lake Anita (length: ; altitude:). This head lake has two emissaries: the other flows north to discharge towards Lac Chapeau which in turn flows into Petit lac à Jim.
The mouth of the lake Anita is located in a forest zone in the unorganized territory of Rivière-Mistassini, at:
From the mouth of the lake Anita, the Petite rivière aux Saumons flows over, with a drop of, entirely in a forest area, according to the following segments:
The Petite rivière aux Saumons empties on the north bank of the Ashuapmushuan River at upstream from the confluence of the rivière à la Loutre. This confluence is located at:
From the mouth of the Petite rivière aux Saumons, the current descends the course of the Ashuapmushuan river on, then crosses lac Saint-Jean eastward on (i.e. its full length), follows the course of the Saguenay River via la Petite Décharge on eastward to at Tadoussac where it meets the estuary of Saint Lawrence.[2]
The toponyms "Petite rivière aux Saumons" and "Lac de la Petite Rivière aux Saumons" are interrelated.
The toponym "Petite rivière aux Saumons" was made official on September 29, 1975, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[3]