| Rivière à la Chute | |
| 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 Jacques-Cartier and La Côte-de-Beaupré |
| Subdivision Type5: | Unorganized territory and a municipality |
| Subdivision Name5: | Lac-Jacques-Cartier and Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury |
| Length: | 22.1km (13.7miles) |
| Source1: | Lac des Quatre Jumeaux |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 47.3369°N -71.4114°W |
| Mouth: | Saint Lawrence River |
| Mouth Location: | Donnacona |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 46.2167°N -71.3633°W |
| Tributaries Left: | (Upward from the mouth) Discharge of Lac à la Chute, discharge of a unidentified swamp lake, discharge of lakes Cartier, Rochefort and Thierry. |
| Tributaries Right: | (Upward from the mouth) Discharge of lac Perché, discharge of lakes Pouliot, Tony and Bourassa. |
The Rivière à la Chute is a tributary of the Sautauriski River, flowing in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in Quebec, Canada. This watercourse crosses the unorganized territory of Lac-Jacques-Cartier in the MRC La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality and the municipality of Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury, in the MRC of La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality.
The course of the river flows entirely in the Jacques-Cartier National Park which is affiliated with the Société des établissements de plein air du Québec (Sépaq).
The valley of the falling river is mainly served on the east side by the route 175 which connects the towns of Quebec and Saguenay. Some secondary roads serve this area for forestry and recreational tourism activities.[1]
Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second.
The surface of the Rivière à la Chute (except the rapids) is generally frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March; safe circulation on the ice is generally done from the end of December to the beginning of March.
The Rivière à la Chute takes its source from the lake of Quatre Jumeaux (length: ; width: ; altitude:), located in the unorganized territory of Lac-Jacques-Cartier, in the MRC of La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality. This lake has an atypical shape, being encased between the mountains. It includes a peninsula attached to the north shore stretching over to the south, and a second peninsula attached to the west shore stretching over north-east. A fire tower was located to the southeast at the top of a mountain, at above sea level.
The course of the Fall River looks like a question mark. With the exception of the upper part, the course of the river flows more or less in parallel (east side) to the Jacques-Cartier River. The course of the river flows over with a drop of .
The course of the Chute river flows over with a drop of according to the following segments:
The outlet of Rivière à la Chute is located on the northwest bank of the Sautauriski River. From this confluence, the current descends the Sautauriski river for to the south, then follows the course of the Jacques-Cartier River generally south to the north-East shore of the St. Lawrence River.
This toponym appears on various documents, cartographic or other, at least since 1925.
The toponym "Rivière à la Chute" was formalized on December 5, 1968 at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[3]