| Rivière à la Chasse | |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Côte-Nord |
| Subdivision Type4: | MRC |
| Subdivision Name4: | Manicouagan Regional County Municipality |
| Subdivision Type5: | City |
| Subdivision Name5: | Baie-Comeau |
| Length: | 9.9km (06.2miles) |
| Source1: | Castelnau Lake |
| Source1 Location: | Baie-Comeau |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 49.26°N -68.1967°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 128m (420feet) |
| Mouth: | Golfe du Saint-Laurent |
| Mouth Location: | Baie-Comeau |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 49.2006°N -68.1931°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 2m (07feet) |
| Tributaries Left: | (upstream) discharge from a small lake (via Lac à la Chasse), discharge from two lakes (via Lac à la Chasse). |
| Tributaries Right: | (upstream) 2 streams, outlet of Lac Singelais, outlet of Long Lake (via Lac à la Chasse), 2 streams (via Lac à la Chasse). |
The rivière à la Chasse (English: Hunting river) is a tributary of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, flowing in the town of Baie-Comeau, in the Manicouagan Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Côte-Nord, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.
The western part of the Chasse River valley is served by the Trans-Quebec-Labrador road and forest roads; the lower part, by route 138.[1] In addition to the urban area (Haute-Rive sector) at the end of the segment, forestry is the main economic activity in this valley.
The surface of the Chasse River is usually frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, except the rapids; however, traffic on the ice is generally safe from mid-December to mid-March.
The Chasse River draws its source from Lake Castelnau (length: ; altitude:) in Baie-Comeau. This source is located at:
The Chasse river flows between the Amédée River (located on the west side) and the Rivière aux Anglais (east side). From the dam at the mouth of Lake Castelnau, the Chasse River flows over with a drop of, according to the following segments:
The Chasse River flows into the bottom of a small bay on the north shore of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, between the Haute-Rive sector (east side) and the Baie-Comeau sector (west side), or at:
The toponym "Rivière à la Chasse" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[3]