| Remy River | |
| 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: | Charlevoix Regional County Municipality |
| Subdivision Type5: | City |
| Subdivision Name5: | Baie-Saint-Paul |
| Length: | 13.6km (08.5miles) |
| Source1: | Remy Lake |
| Source1 Location: | Saint-Urbain |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 47.5235°N -70.6288°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 401m (1,316feet) |
| Mouth: | Rivière du Gouffre |
| Mouth Location: | Saint-Urbain |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 47.4936°N 70.5125°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 20m (70feet) |
| Tributaries Left: | (from the mouth) Little Rat stream, discharge from a small lake, discharge from a group of small lakes, discharge from two small lakes, Red stream, stream. |
| Tributaries Right: | (from the mouth) Stream. |
The Rémy River is a tributary of the west bank of the lower part of the rivière du Gouffre, flowing in the municipality of Saint-Urbain, in the Charlevoix Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.
The lower part of this valley is mainly served by the route 381 (boulevard de Monseigneur-De Laval) which goes up the course of the Rivière du Gouffre by the west bank. The intermediate part is served by Chemin Saint-Thomas which runs on the south side of the river, as well as by Chemin du rang Saint-Jérôme which crosses the river. The upper part of this valley is served by a few secondary forest roads. Forestry is the main economic activity in this valley; recreational tourism, second.
The surface of the lower Rémy River is generally frozen from the beginning of December until the beginning of April; however, safe circulation on the ice is generally done from mid-December to the end of March. The water level of the river varies with the seasons and the precipitation; the spring flood generally occurs in April.
The Rémy River rises at the mouth of Rémy Lake (length: ; altitude:) which is surrounded by mountains. This source of the river is located at:
From its source, the course of the Rémy river descends on in a generally deep valley, with a drop of, according to the following segments:
The Rémy River flows on the southwest bank of Le Gros Bras, in the municipality of Saint-Urbain. This mouth is located at:
From the mouth of the Rémy river, the current descends on with a drop of following the course of the Rivière du Gouffre which flows into Baie-Saint-Paul in the St. Lawrence River.[1]
The oldest written mention of this hydronym dates from 1743, during an act of attribution of lot 218 by the Séminaire de Québec to Antoine and Michel Tremblay; this mention in the act proves an element of boundary. This toponymic designation also appears on a map drawn in 1751 by the royal surveyor of the time, Ignace Plamondon.
In La petite histoire de Charlevoix (1987), Léo Simard notes "La Rémie: double appellation and with a mill and a row, a few miles from Baie-Saint-Paul (route 138)". Despite several researches by historians, the origin of the toponym "Rémy river" remains uncertain. Some researchers, notably Nérée Tremblay, author of St-Pierre and St-Paul de la Baie St-Paul (p. 269), the name evokes the memory of Pierre Rémy (Paris, 1636 - Montreal, 1726), a Sulpician who arrived in New -France in 1672 and first priest to receive ordination in Montreal from the hands of Mgr Laval in 1676. This hypothesis seems the most probable according to the Commission de toponymie du Québec. For Father Jean-Paul Tremblay, author of La Baie-Saint-Paul and his pioneers (p. 11), land is known by familiar names including "La Rhémy, named after a former resident, Rémi Tremblay". Note that Father Tremblay mentions land and not a river.
The Rémy flour mill was built on two floors by the Séminaire de Québec during the years 1826 and 1827. Several generations of a Fortin family, millers from father to son, continue to operate this mill for more a century and a half.
Main variants of the official name: Rivière de la Rémi, Rivière la Rémi, Rivière Rémi, Ruisseau Rémi (name approved on April 3, 1959), Ruisseau Rémy and Ruisseau Renay.[2]
The toponym “Rémy River” was formalized on August 29, 1972 at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[3]