| Valin River | |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Type4: | Regional County Municipality |
| Subdivision Name4: | Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality |
| Subdivision Type5: | Unorganized territory |
| Subdivision Name5: | Mont-Valin, Saint-David-de-Falardeau and Saint-Fulgence |
| Length: | 53km (33miles) |
| Discharge1 Location: | Mont-Valin |
| Source1: | Bras Fournier |
| Source1 Location: | Mont-Valin |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 48.5622°N -70.755°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 320m (1,050feet) |
| Mouth: | Saguenay River |
| Mouth Location: | Saint-Fulgence |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 48.4611°N -70.9844°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 4m (13feet) |
| Tributaries Left: | (upstream) Discharge from an unidentified lake, Le Petit Bras, discharge from Lake Maringouin and Lake Belle Truite, discharge from Lake Castor, unidentified stream, Canada stream, Irish stream. |
| Tributaries Right: | (upstream) Bras de l'Enfer (Valin River), outlet of Lakes Gaspart and Marcel, outlet of Lake Simard, outlet of Lake FOurnier, Brook Gauthier, outlet of Lacs des Pères, Bras des Canots, Hector Creek, Saint-Louis River, Lac des Îles outlet, Lac Toussaint outlet, Lac Gagnon outlet, Lac Boudreault outlet, Bras du Nord (Valin River). |
The Valin River is a tributary of the Saguenay River, flowing successively in the unorganized territory of Valin Mountains, in Saint-David-de-Falardeau and Saint-Fulgence, in the Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, in the Province of Quebec, in Canada.
Route Villeneuve, chemin du Volair, route Lavoie and chemin de la Chute à François serve the western part of the Valin River; chemin du rang Saint-Joseph and chemin du rang Sainte-Anne serve the eastern part. Finally, the Valin river path serves the northern part of the river.
The surface of the Valin River is usually frozen from the end of November to the beginning of April, however the safe circulation on the ice is generally done from mid-December to the end of March.
The main watersheds adjacent to the Valin River are:
From its source, the confluence of Bras Fournier (coming from the north) and a stream (coming from the East), the course of the Valin river descends on according to the following segments:
Upper course of the Valin river (segment of)
Lower course of the Valin river (segment of)
The mouth of the Valin River flows onto the north bank of the Saguenay River in the municipality of Saint-Fulgence. This confluence of the Valin river is located at:
From the dam at the mouth of the Valin river, the current follows the course of the Saguenay river to the height of Tadoussac where it merges with the Saint-Laurent river.[1]
The toponym Valin river was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec[2]