| Rivière aux Canots Est | |
| Pushpin Map: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Type4: | Regional County Municipality |
| Subdivision Name4: | Lac-Saint-Jean-Est Regional County Municipality |
| Subdivision Type5: | Unorganized territory |
| Subdivision Name5: | Lac-Achouakan and Lac-Moncouche |
| Length: | 10.2km (06.3miles) |
| Discharge1 Location: | Lac-Moncouche |
| Source1: | Lac Bonjour |
| Source1 Location: | Lac-Achouakan |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 47.9951°N -71.4536°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 669m (2,195feet) |
| Mouth: | Rivière aux Canots |
| Mouth Location: | Lac-Moncouche |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 47.9578°N -71.5383°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 560m (1,840feet) |
| Tributaries Left: | (from the mouth) Ruisseau Bergeron, discharge of lac Plutus, ruisseau Gauthier, discharge of lac Chartrain. |
| Tributaries Right: | (from the mouth) Discharge of lac des Pâturins. |
The Rivière aux Canots Est is a tributary of the Rivière aux Canots, flowing in the unorganized territories of Lac-Achouakan and Lac-Moncouche, the Lac-Saint-Jean-Est Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. The course of the Rivière aux Canots Est crosses the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve.
The valley of the Rivière aux Canots Est is served indirectly by the route 169. This valley is also served by a few secondary forest roads, especially for forestry and recreational tourism activities.[1]
Forestry is the main economic activity in this valley; recreational tourism, second.
The surface of the Rivière aux Canots Est is usually frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, however the safe circulation on the ice is generally done from mid-December to mid-March.
The main watersheds neighboring the Rivière aux Canots Est are:
The Rivière aux Canots Est rises at Lac Bonjour (length: ; altitude:) in a forest area in the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve. This lake is mainly fed by the outlet (coming from the northeast) from Lake Calderly and the outlet (coming from the north) from Lac des Hannetons. This source is located at:
From its source (Bonjour lake), the Rivière aux Canots Est flows over with a drop of entirely in the forest zone, according to the following segments:
The Rivière aux Canots Est flows into the northeast bank of the Rivière aux Canots. This confluence is located at:
From the mouth of the Rivière aux Canots Est, the current successively follows the course of the Rivière aux Canots on generally west, the course of the Rivière aux Écorces on generally north, the course of the Pikauba River on generally north, crosses Kenogami Lake on north-east to barrage de Portage-des-Roches, then follows the course of the Chicoutimi River on to the east, then the northeast and the course of the Saguenay River on east to Tadoussac where it merges with the Saint Lawrence estuary.[2]
The toponym "Rivière aux Canots Est" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Bank of Place Names of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[3]