| Rivière à la Chasse | |
| Pushpin Map Size: | co |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean |
| Subdivision Type4: | MRC |
| Subdivision Name4: | Le Domaine-du-Roy Regional County Municipality |
| Subdivision Type5: | TNO or Municipality |
| Subdivision Name5: | Roberval |
| Length: | 12.3km (07.6miles) |
| Source1: | Confluence of several forest strea30 |
| Source1 Location: | Sainte-Hedwidge |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 48.5125°N -72.3767°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 270m (890feet) |
| Mouth: | Lac Saint-Jean |
| Mouth Location: | Saint-Prime |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 48.5833°N -72.3003°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 101m (331feet) |
| Progression: | Lac Saint-Jean, Saguenay River |
| Tributaries Left: | (upstream) |
| Tributaries Right: | (upstream) stream chez Tanis, unidentified stream |
The Chasse River is a tributary of lac Saint-Jean, flowing the municipality of Sainte-Hedwidge and Saint-Prime, in the Le Domaine-du-Roy Regional County Municipality in the administrative region of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.
The upper part of the Chasse river valley is served by the 5th range road; the intermediate part, by the 4th row road and the 3rd row road; the lower part via Principale Street.[1]
Forestry is the main economic activity in the upper half of this valley; agriculture, in the lower part.
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 originates at the confluence of several forest streams (altitude:) in Sainte-Hedwidge. This source is located at:
From its source, the Chasse river flows over with a drop of, according to the following segments:
The Chasse river flows on the southwest bank of lac Saint-Jean. This confluence is located between the villages of Saint-Prime and Pointe-Bleue, either:
From the mouth of Rivière à la Chasse, the current crosses Lac Saint-Jean to the east for to the northeast, follows the course of the Saguenay River via the Petite Décharge on eastwards to Tadoussac where it merges with the Estuary of Saint Lawrence.[2]
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]