| Rivière des Monts | |
| 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 Regional County Municipality |
| Subdivision Type5: | Unorganized territory and municipality |
| Subdivision Name5: | Saint-Urbain |
| Length: | 8.6km (05.3miles) |
| Source1: | Unidentified little lake |
| Source1 Location: | Lac-Pikauba |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 47.6637°N -70.7222°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 796m (2,612feet) |
| Mouth: | Le Gros Bras |
| Mouth Location: | Saint-Urbain |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 47.6214°N 70.6014°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 329m (1,079feet) |
| Tributaries Left: | (upstream from the mouth) outlet from Lac à Moïse |
| Tributaries Right: | (upstream from the mouth) a wild stream, discharge from Lac Michel and Plaisant Pond. |
The Rivière des Monts (English: River of the Mounts) is a tributary of the southwest bank of the lower part of the watercourse Le Gros Bras, flowing in the non organized from Lac-Pikauba and the municipality of Saint-Urbain, in the Charlevoix Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.
The lower part of this valley is mainly served by a few forest roads which connect to the north with the Parc-des-Grands-Jardins road. The upper part of this valley is served by a few other forest roads which also serve Lac Chambers and Lac Carbonel to the south. Forestry is the main economic activity in this valley; recreational tourism, second.
The surface of the lower part of Le Petit Bras is generally frozen from the beginning of December until the beginning of April; however, safe circulation on the ice is generally done from mid-December to the end of March. The upper part of this stream has a freezing period of about an additional week. The water level of the river varies with the seasons and the precipitation; the spring flood generally occurs in April.
The Rivière des Monts rises at the mouth of a small lake (altitude:) located in a forest area in a valley between Lac Saint-Denys (located on the north side) and the Thomas-Fortin Lake (located on the southwest side). This source of the river is located at:
From its source, the course of the Monts river descends on in a generally deep valley, with a drop of, according to the following segments:
The Rivière des Monts flows on the southwest bank of the Le Gros Bras stream, in the municipality of Saint-Urbain. This mouth is located at:
From the mouth of the Monts river, the current descends on following the course of Le Gros Bras towards the south- East; then on with a drop of following the course of the rivière du Gouffre which flows into Baie-Saint-Paul in the St. Lawrence River.[1]
This toponymic designation appears on a 1996 map.
The toponym “Rivière des Monts” was formalized on March 25, 1997 at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]