Rivière Noire Sud-Ouest Explained

Rivière Noire Sud-Ouest (Noire River of South-West)
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:	Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality
Subdivision Type5:	Unorganized territory
Subdivision Name5:	Mont-Élie
Length:	27.9km (17.3miles)^[1]
Discharge1 Location:	Mont-Élie
Source1:	Julie Lake
Source1 Location:	Mont-Élie
Source1 Coordinates:	47.8353°N -70.2107°W
Source1 Elevation:	729m (2,392feet)
Mouth:	Noire River
Mouth Location:	Mont-Élie
Mouth Coordinates:	47.9025°N -70.0417°W
Mouth Elevation:	170m (560feet)
Tributaries Left:	Décharge des lacs à Clément, des Becs-Scie et à la Truite, décharge des lacs à Rochette, Harp, à Beaulieu et du Garde.
Tributaries Right:	Décharge du Lac McLeod.

The Rivière Noire Sud-Ouest (Black River Southwest) is a tributary of the south shore of the Noire River flowing, entirely in the unorganized territory from Mont-Élie in Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality, in Quebec, Canada.

The lower part of this valley is served by route 170 which links Saint-Siméon to Petit-Saguenay, which passes on the north shore of the Noire River. This valley 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 "rivière Noire Sud-Ouest" 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.

Geography

The main hydrographic slopes near the Black River are:

North side: Noire River, Petit Saguenay River, rivière Noire du Milieu, Saguenay River;
East side: Noire River, St. Lawrence River;
South side: Port au Persil River, Port au Saumon River, Comporté River, Malbaie River, Jacob River;
West side: American Creek, Castors Creek, Malbaie River, Snigole River.

The "rivière Noire Sud-Ouest" originates at the mouth of Julie Lake (length: 0.3km (00.2miles); altitude: 729m (2,392feet)). This source is located at:

14.7km (09.1miles) south-west of its mouth (confluence with Black River);
25.2km (15.7miles) south-west of the mouth of the Black River with the Gulf of St. Lawrence;
4.7km (02.9miles) southeast of the head lake of the Petit Saguenay River;
10.4km (06.5miles) north-east of the hamlet Mont-Grand-Fonds.

From its source (Lake Julie), the course of the "rivière Noire Sud-Ouest" descends on 27.9km (17.3miles) according to the following segments:

Upper South-West Black River (segment: 18.4km (11.4miles))

0.5km (00.3miles) south, crossing the Cure Lake (length: 0.5km (00.3miles); altitude: 728m (2,388feet)) on 0.4km (00.2miles) to its mouth;
3.6km (02.2miles) east to the Hydro-Québec high-voltage lines;
4.7km (02.9miles) northeasterly along the west side of a forest road and passing south-east of the hamlet "Les Jardins" to a creek (coming from the west);
1.1km (00.7miles) northeasterly to the forest road bridge;
3.4km (02.1miles) northeasterly, passing southeast of Lac au Plongeon, to the bridge of the forest road;
2.8km (01.7miles) northeasterly to a bend in the river;
2.3km (01.4miles) south-east approaching the foot of the Mountain at Meniche, to a bend of river;

Lower South-West Black River (segment: 9.5km (05.9miles))

1.9km (01.2miles) north to a creek (coming from the west);
4.5km (02.8miles) snaking north, collecting the discharge (coming from the southwest) of McLeod Lake and the discharge (coming from the west) of a set of small lakes, up to a stream (coming from the west);
3.1km (01.9miles) first forming a hook to the east, then successively to the north, to the west, and to the north where it descends from 100m (300feet) to its mouth.^[3]

The mouth of the Black Southwest River empties onto the south shore of the Black River in Mont-Élie. This confluence is located at:

13.9km (08.6miles) east of the mouth of the Noire River with the Gulf of St. Lawrence;
30.6km (19miles) south of the Saguenay River;
15.25km (09.48miles) north of the hamlet Mont-Grand-Fonds.

Toponymy

The origin of the name "Rivière Noire Sud-Ouest" is derived from the name of the Noire River in which it flows.

The toponym "rivière Noire Sud-Ouest" was formalized on December 5, 1968 at the Bank of place names of the Commission de toponymie du Quebec.^[4]

Notes and references

External links

Notes and References

Web site: Rivière Noire Sud-Ouest, Bank of Quebec place names. Commission de toponymie du Québec. December 7, 2019.
https://tools.wmflabs.org/osm4wiki/cgi-bin/wiki/wiki-osm.pl?project=en&article=Rivière_Noire_Sud-Ouest Open Street Map - Accessed December 8, 2019
Web site: Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada - Characteristics extracted from the map, the databank and the instrumentation of the site. December 8, 2019. 2016-09-12.
Web site: rivière Noire Sud-Ouest. Bank of Quebec Place Names. Toponymy Commission. December 8, 2019.