| Rivière Saumon | |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Outaouais |
| Subdivision Type4: | MRC |
| Subdivision Name4: | Papineau Regional County Municipality |
| Subdivision Type5: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name5: | Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours |
| Length: | 22.4km (13.9miles) |
| Source1: | Lake Papineau |
| Source1 Location: | Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 45.7867°N -74.7958°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 171m (561feet) |
| Mouth: | Ottawa River |
| Mouth Location: | Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 45.6469°N -74.9139°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 36m (118feet) |
| River System: | Ottawa River drainage basin |
| Tributaries Left: | (upstream) agricultural stream, mountain stream, discharge of a set of lakes, mountain stream, discharge from Maholey Lake, discharge from Collins Lake, Bent Creek. |
| Tributaries Right: | (upstream) Pesant creek, discharge from Lac Écho, discharge from Lac Presseau, discharge from a set of lakes, West Saumon river, discharge from Lake Balsam, discharge from Lac du Cèdre, stream (via Lac Poisson Blanc), stream (via Lac Poisson Blanc), discharge of three small lakes. |
The rivière Saumon (English: Salmon River) is a watercourse flowing southwest by crossing only the territory of the municipality of Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours, in the Papineau Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Outaouais, in Quebec, in Canada.
Recreational and tourist activities are the main economic activity in this valley; forestry, second; and agriculture at the bottom.
The neighboring watersheds of the Salmon River are:
The Saumon River descends in a narrow valley, bordered by cliffs, in forest and mountainous territory, except by crossing the strip of land bordering the Ottawa River.
The mouth of Papineau Lake is on the south side of a bay long. From the mouth of Papineau Lake, the Saumon River descends on, with a drop of, according to the following segments:
From the confluence between the Saumon river and the Ottawa river, the current descends on following the course of the Ottawa river, up to St. Lawrence river.
Formerly, this watercourse was designated the Kinonge River, a hydronym of Amerindian origin of the Algonquin nation meaning 'pike'. The toponym Kinonge River is indicated on the map of the seigniory of La Petite-Nation, dated 1854 or 1855, in the form of the River Kinonge or Saumon and also on the map of the seigniory of La Petite-Nation of 1887, in the form of Salmon River or Kinongé.
The toponym Rivière Saumon was formalized on November 3, 1983, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]