| Rivière du Malin | |
| 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: | 11km (07miles) |
| Discharge1 Location: | Lac-Jacques-Cartier |
| Source1: | Lanoraye Lake |
| Source1 Location: | Lac-Jacques-Cartier |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 47.437°N -71.2904°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 781m (2,562feet) |
| Mouth: | Rivière du Malin |
| Mouth Location: | Lac-Jacques-Cartier |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 47.4008°N -71.4144°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 350m (1,150feet) |
| Tributaries Left: | (Upward from the mouth) Décharge du Lac Brière, Rocheuse River, décharge des lacs Aubé et Macé. |
| Tributaries Right: | (Upward from the mouth) Décharge du lac Breton, décharge d'un lac non identifié. |
The rivière du Malin (English: Malin river) is a tributary of the 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 Laurentides Wildlife Reserve.
Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second.
The surface of the Malin River (except the rapids areas) 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 neighboring the Malin River are:
The Rocheuse river draws its source from Lanoraye Lake (length: ; altitude:), located in the unorganized territory of Lac-Jacques-Cartier, in the La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality. This lake resembling a rectangle with rounded corners, includes an island and a peninsula attached to the northeast shore.
From Lac Lanoraye, the Malin river flows over, with a total drop of, according to the following segments:
From the confluence of the Rocheuse river, the current flows south by the course of the Jacques-Cartier River to the northeast bank of the Saint Lawrence River.[1]
The toponym "Rivière du Malin" was formalized on November 7, 1985 at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]