| Rivière de la Place | |
| 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, La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality |
| Subdivision Type5: | Unorganized territory |
| Subdivision Name5: | Lac-Jacques-Cartier Lac-Croche |
| Length: | 21.8km (13.5miles) |
| Discharge1 Location: | Lac-Croche |
| Source1: | Lac des Buttes |
| Source1 Location: | Lac-Jacques-Cartier |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 47.6177°N -71.6755°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 747m (2,451feet) |
| Mouth: | Métabetchouane River |
| Mouth Location: | Lac-Croche |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 47.5892°N -71.8239°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 470m (1,540feet) |
| Tributaries Left: | (upward from the mouth) Décharge du Lac des Gerbes, décharge du lac des Souches, décharge du lac Narval, décharge des lacs Gimaudière et de la Grande Ourse, lac des Fourrés, décharge du lac du Talweg. |
| Tributaries Right: | (upward from the mouth) Décharge du lac Bernier. |
The Rivière de la Place is a tributary of the east bank of the Métabetchouane River, flowing in the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve, in the administrative region of the Capitale-Nationale, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. The river flows through the regional county municipalities (MRC) of:
Forestry is the main economic activity in this valley; recreational tourism, second.
The "rivière de la Place" surface (except rapids) is usually frozen from late November to early April, however safe circulation on the ice is generally from mid-December to late March.
The main watersheds neighboring the "rivière de la Place" are:
The "rivière de la Place rises at the mouth of Lac des Buttes (length: ; altitude:). Enclosed between mountains, this lake has a single small stream feeding it. The mouth of Lac des Buttes is located: north-east of the confluence of the Place river and the Métabetchouane River, at north of lac aux Rognons and west of Jacques-Cartier Lake.
From its source, the course of the Place River descends on, with a drop of, according to the following segments:
Upper course of the Place river (from its source) (segment of)
Lower course of the Place River (segment of)
From the confluence of the Place river, the current descends the Métabetchouane river north on to the south shore of lac Saint-Jean; from there, the current crosses the latter on towards the northeast, then borrows the course of the Saguenay River via la Petite Landfill on to Tadoussac where it merges with the Saint Lawrence estuary.[1]
The expression "de la Place" refers to the family name "De La Place" of French origin.
The toponym "Place River" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]