| Ruisseau L'Abbé | |
| Pushpin Map: | Quebec |
| 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: | Unorganized territory and a city |
| Subdivision Name5: | Lac-Ministuk |
| Length: | 19.3km (12miles) |
| Discharge1 Location: | Lac-Ministuk |
| Source1: | Unidentified little lake |
| Source1 Location: | Lac-Ministuk |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 48.3285°N -71.6796°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 310 |
| Mouth: | Pikauba River |
| Mouth Location: | Lac-Ministuk |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 48.2319°N -71.3722°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 211m (692feet) |
| Tributaries Left: | (from the mouth) Ruisseau Galbraith, décharge du lac Moïse, décharge des lacs Brulé et Sarcelle, décharge du lac Florian. |
| Tributaries Right: | (from the mouth) Décharge du lac Robertson, décharge du lac Glacé, du lac Ratté et du lac Alexis, ruisseau Luppanay, décharge d’un ensemble de lacs dont le Lac à Tranche et le lac Castor, décharge du lac de l’Écluse. |
The ruisseau L'Abbé (English: L'Abbé stream) is a freshwater tributary of the Pikauba River, flowing in the unorganized territory of Lac-Ministuk, in the Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, in province, in Quebec, to Canada.
The upper part of the ruisseau L’Abbé valley is accessible by route 169; other secondary forest roads have been developed in the sector for forestry and recreational tourism activities.[1]
Forestry is the primary economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second.
The surface of L’Abbé Creek is usually frozen from late November to early April, however safe circulation on the ice is generally from mid-December to late March.
The main watersheds adjacent to ruisseau L’Abbé are:
L’Abbé stream rises from a very small unidentified lake (altitude: 310m (1,020feet)) on the eastern flank of Mont Hudon-Beaulieu. The northern mouth of this head lake is located at:
From the small head lake, the course of the ruisseau L’Abbé flows over 19.3km (12miles) entirely in the forest zone, with a drop of 99km (62miles), according to the following segments:
Upper stream of ruisseau L’Abbé (segment of 9.2km (05.7miles))
Lower stream of ruisseau L’Abbé (segment of 10.1km (06.3miles))
L’Abbé stream flows into a bend on the west bank of the Pikauba River. This confluence is located at:
From the confluence of L'Abbé stream with the Pikauba River, the current successively descends the Pikauba River on 8.4km (05.2miles) to the northeast, then the current crosses Kenogami Lake on 17.6km (10.9miles) north-east to the dam of Portage-des-Roches, then follow the course of the Chicoutimi river on 26.2km (16.3miles) towards the east, then the northeast, and the course of the Saguenay River on 114.6km (71.2miles) towards the east until Tadoussac where it merges with the Saint Lawrence estuary.[2]
The toponym "ruisseau L'Abbé" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[3]