| Rivière des Petites Îles (River of Little Island) | |
| Pushpin Map: | Quebec |
| 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: | Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality |
| Subdivision Type5: | Municipalities |
| Subdivision Name5: | Petit-Saguenay and Baie-Sainte-Catherine |
| Length: | 9.7km (06miles)[1] |
| Discharge1 Location: | Baie-Sainte-Catherine |
| Source1: | Lake Ovila-Lavoie |
| Source1 Location: | Petit-Saguenay |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 48.1556°N -69.9573°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 129m (423feet) |
| Mouth: | Saguenay River |
| Mouth Location: | Baie-Sainte-Catherine |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 48.1509°N -69.9579°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 3m (10feet) |
| Tributaries Left: | (from the mouth) Décharge du Lac des Couteaux, décharge d'un ensemble de lacs lacs dont Pipiche, Coquille, de l'Île et de l'Orme, ruisseau des Îles. |
| Tributaries Right: | (from the mouth) Décharge du Lac du Compte, décharge des lacs Loriot, du Coucou et Double. |
The rivière des Petites Îles (Petites Îles River) is a tributary of the south shore of the Saguenay River flowing successively in the municipalities of Petit-Saguenay and Baie-Sainte-Catherine, in Regional County Municipality (MRC) of Le Fjord-du-Saguenay, in Quebec, Canada.
The upper part of this valley is served indirectly by Route 170 which connects Saint-Siméon to the village of Petit-Saguenay which passes over the north shore of the Noire River. Despite its mountainous terrain, the valley of the "Petites Îles River" has some secondary forest roads for forestry and recreational tourism purposes.[2]
Forestry is the first economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism activities, second.
The surface of Petites Îles River is usually frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, however, safe ice circulation is generally from mid-December to mid-March.
The main hydrographic slopes near the Petites Îles River are:
The Petites Îles River rises at the mouth of Lake Ovila-Lavoie. This source is located at:
From its source (Lake Ovila-Lavoie), the course of the Petites Îles River descends on 9.7km (06miles) according to the following segments:
to the dump (coming from the east) of Lac du Compte;
The mouth of the Petites Îles River flows into Anse aux Petites Îles on the south shore of the Saguenay River at the northwestern end of the Municipality of Baie-Sainte-Catherine. This confluence is located at:
The toponym "Rivière des Petites Îles" (Little Islands River) refers to the presence of two small islands located in the cove at the mouth of this stream. The name of the first, Coquart Island, evokes the memory of the Jesuit father Claude-Godefroy Coquart, born in 1706 in the French commune of Melun. "Anse aux Petites Îles" is bounded on the north by "Pointe aux Petites Îles".[4]
The toponym "Rivière des Petites Îles" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Bank of Place Names of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[5]