Rivière aux Montagnais explained

Rivière aux Montagnais
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:	La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality
Subdivision Type5:	Municipalities
Subdivision Name5:	Lac-Jacques-Cartier
Length:	27.4km (17miles)
Discharge1 Location:	Lac-Jacques-Cartier
Source1:	Starr Lake
Source1 Location:	Lac-Jacques-Cartier
Source1 Coordinates:	47.8665°N -71.9073°W
Source1 Elevation:	499m (1,637feet)
Mouth:	Moncouche River
Mouth Location:	Lac-Jacques-Cartier
Mouth Coordinates:	47.9406°N -71.9728°W
Mouth Elevation:	400m (1,300feet)
Tributaries Left:	(upward from the mouth) ruisseau non identifié, ruisseau non identifié, ruisseau non identifié, décharge du lac Potvin, ruisseau de l'Amitié, ruisseau non identifié
Tributaries Right:	(upward from the mouth) ruisseau non identifié, décharge du lac Corbeil, décharge des lacs Couillard, Coulombe et Petit lac Coulombe, ruisseau Contourné, décharge du lac Houlette (via le Lac aux Montagnais), trois ruisseaux non identifiés.

The Rivière aux Montagnais is a tributary of the southeast bank of the Moncouche River, flowing in the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve, in the unorganized territory of Lac-Jacques-Cartier, in the La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in the province from Quebec, to Canada.

Forestry is the main economic activity in this valley; recreational tourism, second.

The surface of the Montagnais river (except the rapids zones) 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.

Geography

The main watersheds neighboring the "Rivière aux Montagnais" are:

• north side: Moncouche River and the Moncouche Lake, Saint-Véran Lake, the Métabetchouane River, the Huard lake and the ruisseau Contourné;
• east side: Rivière aux Écorces;
• south side: Métabetchouane River, Métascouac Lake;
• west side: Métabetchouane River, Lake Kiskissink le Métabetchouane Lake Grand Lake Bostonnais.

The Montagnais river rises at the mouth of Lac Magny (length: ; altitude:). This misshapen lake has four bays; its mouth is located at the bottom of the south-eastern bay.

From its source (mouth of Lake Magny), the course of the Montagnais river descends on, with a drop of, according to these segments:

Upper part of Rivière aux Montagnais (segment of)

• south, to the north shore of Lac aux Cailloux;
• eastward across Lac aux Cailloux (length: in the shape of a boot; altitude:) until its mouth;
• towards the south-east, crossing across a large area of marsh, to the south shore of lac aux Montagnais;
• north, then north-west across Lac aux Montagnais (length: ; altitude:) to its mouth located at the bottom of a bay on the west shore;

Lower part of the Rivière aux Montagnais (segment of)

• towards the northwest, up to the Amitié stream;
• towards the northwest in particular by collecting the discharge (coming from the southwest) of the Potvin lake and by forming some serpentines, until its confluence of the ruisseau Contourné;
• south, then southwest up to a bend in the river;
• towards the northwest by forming some large coils and collecting the discharge (coming from the north) from lakes Couillard, Coulombe and Petit lac Coulombe, up to the discharge of the lake Corbeil;
• towards the northwest to a stream (coming from the north), then towards the west, forming a hook towards the northwest at the end of the segment, until its mouth.^[1]

From the confluence of the Montagnais river, the current descends:

• the Moncouche River toward South up to its mouth;
• the Métabetchouane River toward North up to the south shore of lac Saint-Jean;
• towards the northeast crossing the lac Saint-Jean;
• following the course of the Saguenay River via La Petite Décharge up to Tadoussac where it merges with the Saint Lawrence estuary.^[1]

Toponymy

The toponym Rivière aux Montagnais was formalized on June 1, 1971, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.^[2]

See also

• St. Lawrence River
• List of rivers of Quebec

Notes and References

1. http://atlas.gc.ca/toporama/en/index.html|titre=Atlas du Canada du Ministère des Ressources naturelles du Canada - Characteristics extracted from the geographic map, database and instrumentation of the site - access-date January 2, 2020.
2. http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/fiche.aspx?no_seq=41942 Commission de toponymie du Québec - Rivière aux Montagnais