Rivière des Cèdres | |
Map: | Saguenaymap.png |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Quebec |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean |
Subdivision Type4: | Regional County Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality |
Subdivision Type5: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name5: | Ferland-et-Boilleau |
Length: | 4.1km (02.5miles) |
Discharge1 Location: | Ferland-et-Boilleau |
Source1: | Lac des Cèdres |
Source1 Location: | Ferland-et-Boilleau |
Source1 Coordinates: | 48.0365°N -70.7725°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 232m (761feet) |
Mouth: | Ha! Ha! River |
Mouth Location: | Ferland-et-Boilleau |
Mouth Coordinates: | 48.1286°N 70.8153°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 168m (551feet) |
Tributaries Right: | (upstream, from the mouth) Outlet of "lac à Doré", outlet of "lac de Camp" and of "lac Crève-Cheval". |
The Rivière des Cèdres is a tributary of the Ha! Ha! River, flowing in the municipality of Ferland-et-Boilleau, in the Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, in the province, in Quebec, in Canada.
The valley of the "Rivière des Cèdres" is indirectly served by the route 381 which runs along the course of the Ha! Ha! River and Lake Ha! Ha! for the needs of forestry, agriculture and recreational tourism. Some secondary forest roads serve this valley.
Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second.
The surface of the Rivière des Cèdres 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 des Cèdres are:
The "Rivière des Cèdres" rises at the mouth of "lac des Cèdres" (length: 6.4km (04miles); width: 2km (01miles); altitude: 232m (761feet)). The mouth of this lake is located at:
From the dam at the mouth of "lac des Cèdres", the course of the "rivière des Cèdres" descends over 4.1km (02.5miles) according to the following segments:
The "Rivière des Cèdres" flows into a river curve on the east bank of the Ha! Ha! River. This mouth is located at:
From the confluence of the "Rivière des Cèdres", the current follows the course of the Ha! Ha! River on 13.3km (08.3miles) generally towards the northeast, crosses Baie des Ha! Ha! on 11km (07miles) northeast, then follows the course of the Saguenay River on 99.5km (61.8miles) east to Tadoussac where it merges with the Saint Lawrence estuary.
The toponym "Rivière des Cèdres" was formalized on December 5, 1968, by the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[1]