| Rivière Jacques-Cartier Nord-Ouest | |
| Pushpin Map: | Quebec |
| 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: | La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality |
| Subdivision Type5: | Unorganized territory |
| Subdivision Name5: | Lac-Jacques-Cartier |
| Length: | 41.5km (25.8miles) |
| Discharge1 Location: | Lac-Jacques-Cartier |
| Source1: | Brassoit Lake |
| Source1 Location: | Lac-Jacques-Cartier |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 47.6129°N -71.5762°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 781m (2,562feet) |
| Mouth: | Jacques-Cartier River |
| Mouth Location: | Lac-Jacques-Cartier |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 47.4842°N -71.41°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 340m (1,120feet) |
| Tributaries Left: | (Upward from the mouth) Ruisseau non identifié, ruisseau non identifié, ruisseau non identifié, décharge du Lac de l'Ange (via le Lac Charles-Savary), décharge des lacs du Cardinal, Anne et Bolo, décharge du lac Keler (via le Lac Achille), Cavée River, décharge du lac Cerné, décharge du lac Lucille (via le lac Boyd), décharge du lac Pauline (via le lac Boyd). |
| Tributaries Right: | (Upward from the mouth) Décharge de l'Étang Ledoux, décharge de l'Étang Laura, décharge du Rivière Jacques-Cartier Sud, décharge du lac Henri-Mercier, décharge du lac Maguire, décharge des lacs Aigrette et Barbara, décharge du lac Jobin, décharge du lac Beaulieu, décharge du lac Si, décharge du lac Do et Ré, décharge des lacs de la Fraicheur, Judas et Gaston. |
The Jacques-Cartier North-West River is a watercourse tributary of Jacques-Cartier River, located in the unorganized territory of Lac-Jacques-Cartier, in the La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in Quebec, Canada. The course of the river passes in particular in the Jacques-Cartier National Park. The main body of water is Petit lac Jacques-Cartier.
Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second.
The surface of the Jacques-Cartier Nord-Ouest river (except the rapids) is generally frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, but the safe circulation on the ice is generally made from the end of December to the beginning of March.
The main watersheds adjacent to the Jacques-Cartier Northeast River are:
The Jacques-Cartier Nord-Ouest river draws its source at Brassoit Lake (length: ; altitude:, located in the unorganized territory of Lac-Jacques-Cartier, in the La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality. This lake receives water on the east side of the Petit outlet Lake Brassoit.
From the mouth of Lac Brassoit, the Jacques-Cartier Nord-Ouest river flows over, with a total drop of, according to the following segments:
Upper course of the Jacques-Cartier North-West river (segment of)
Intermediate course of the Jacques-Cartier North-West river (segment of)
Lower course of the Jacques-Cartier North-West river (segment of)
From the confluence of the Jacques-Cartier North-West river, the current flows for towards the south by the course of the Jacques-Cartier River to the north shore. is from Saint Lawrence River.[1]
This toponym appears on a regional map of 1943, evoking the memory of Jacques Cartier (1491-1557), navigator and explorer born in Saint-Malo in France. Cartier made three trips to Canada between 1534 and 1541. Verrazzano's probable companion in South America, in 1524 and 1528, Cartier ventured to the New World in 1534, commissioned by François I to find gold and a passage to Asia. During this first trip, he did not go beyond Anticosti Island, explored Chaleur Bay and the Gulf of St. Lawrence. During his second trip in 1535, during which he went to Hochelaga (Montreal), he wintered in Stadaconé (Quebec). On August 15, after leaving the western tip of Anticosti Island, he became aware of land that remained "towards the south which is a land of marvelous mountain hault", these high lands being those that plunge into the sea around the Saint-Louis and Saint-Pierre mountains.
In 1541, Cartier, under the orders of Jean-François de La Rocque de Roberval, established the first French colony in America. He settled on the left bank, at the mouth of the Cap Rouge river, where he built two forts communicating with each other, one at the bottom of the promontory, the other above. He went a second time to Hochelaga, then returned to Cap-Rouge where he spent the winter. Jacques Cartier left the colony in early June 1542, while Roberval had been on his way to Canada since the middle of April. The two meet in Newfoundland in mid-June. Invited by Roberval to follow him to Cap-Rouge, Cartier abandoned him and left Newfoundland during the night of June 18 to 19. Cartier arrives in Saint-Malo in early September. Cartier must then recognize that its gold found in Canada is iron pyrite and its diamonds, quartz or mica.
The toponym "Rivière Jacques-Cartier Nord-Ouest" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]