| Rivière aux Canots | |
| Pushpin Map: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Type4: | Regional County Municipality |
| Subdivision Name4: | Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality |
| Subdivision Type5: | Unorganized territory |
| Subdivision Name5: | Lac-Jacques-Cartier and Lac-Moncouche |
| Length: | 55.2km (34.3miles) |
| Discharge1 Location: | Lac-Ministuk |
| Source1: | Lac Fleuret |
| Source1 Location: | Lac-Jacques-Cartier |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 47.8839°N -71.4328°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 828m (2,717feet) |
| Mouth: | Rivière aux Écorces |
| Mouth Location: | Lac-Moncouche |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 47.9578°N -71.5383°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 390m (1,280feet) |
| Tributaries Left: | (from the mouth) Décharge des lacs Bricheau et Broussard, décharge de quelques lacs dont le lac Mamming, le lac des Mousserons et l’Étang Foliacé, décharge du Petit lac Oligny. |
| Tributaries Right: | (from the mouth) Décharge du lac du Détour, ruisseau Sancto, ruisseau Girard, décharge du Lac du Panache, rivière aux Canots Est, décharge du lac Lampron, ruisseau Caché, décharge du lac Boulard, décharge du lac Jubinville, ruisseau Wellie, décharge du Lac en Chenille. |
The Rivière aux Canots is a tributary of the Rivière aux Écorces, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. Rivière aux Canots crosses the MRC of:
The course of the Rivière aux Canots crosses the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve.
The small valley of the Rivière aux Canots is located near route 169. This valley is also served by some secondary forest roads, especially for forestry and recreational tourism activities.
Forestry is the main economic activity in this valley; recreational tourism, second.
The surface of the Rivière aux Canots is usually frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, however the safe circulation on the ice is generally made from mid-December to mid-March.
The main watersheds neighboring the Rivière aux Canots are:
The Rivière aux Canots rises at Lac Fleuret (length: ; altitude:) in the forest zone in the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve. This source is located at:
From its source (Lac Fleuret), the Rivière aux Canots flows over with a drop of entirely in the forest zone, according to the following segments:
Upper course of the Rivière aux Canots (segment of)
Intermediate course of the Rivière aux Canots (segment of)
Lower reaches of the Rivière aux Canots (segment of)
The Rivière aux Canots flows onto the east bank of Rivière aux Écorces. This confluence is located at:
From the mouth of Rivière aux Canots, the current successively follows the course of Rivière aux Écorces on generally towards the north, the course of Pikauba River on generally towards the north, crosses Kenogami Lake on towards the northeast until barrage de Portage-des-Roches, then follows the course of the Chicoutimi River on towards the east, then the northeast and the course of the Saguenay River on towards the east to Tadoussac where it merges with the Saint Lawrence Estuary.[1]
The toponym “Rivière aux Canots” was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]