Mitis Lake
Mitis may refer to: * La Mitis, a Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada * Mitis River, a river in Matapedia Valley, Quebec, Canada * Mitis Lake, a lake of the Zec de la Rivière-Mitis Zec de la Rivière-Mitis is a "zone d'exploitation contrôlée" (controlled harvesting zone) (zec) located in the municipality of parish of Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc (La Mitis), in La Mitis Regional County Municipality, in administrative region of Bas- ...

La Mitis
La Mitis is a regional county municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region in eastern Quebec, Canada on the Gaspé peninsula. It is named for the Mitis River (''The Mitis'') which has its source in the region (at Lac Inférieur) and flows through the central part of the region before emptying into the Saint Lawrence River. The county seat is in Mont-Joli. Subdivisions There are 18 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Cities & Towns (2) * Métis-sur-Mer * Mont-Joli ;Municipalities (6) * Grand-Métis * Les Hauteurs * Padoue * Sainte-Angèle-de-Mérici * Sainte-Luce * Saint-Gabriel-de-Rimouski ;Parishes (7) * La Rédemption * Saint-Charles-Garnier * Saint-Donat * Sainte-Flavie * Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc * Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage * Saint-Octave-de-Métis ;Villages (1) * Price ;Unorganized Territory (2) * Lac-à-la-Croix * Lac-des-Eaux-Mortes Demographics Population Language Transportation Access routes Highways and numbered routes that run through the ...
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Mitis River
The Mitis River (french: Rivière Mitis) is a salmon river in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. It flows to the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River. There are two hydroelectric dams on the river at a point where a waterfall used to prevent salmon from going further upstream. A system to capture and transport salmon upstream was installed in 1965, and the river now has a healthy salmon population along its whole length. Course The Mitis River originates in Lake Mitis in the Notre Dame Mountains, at an elevation of . Lake Mitis is a large reservoir long formed from the Superior, Croix and Inferior lakes. The Mitis dam and the hamlet of Lac-Mitis are at the source of the river. The river is swelled by many tributaries as it flows north for . Towards its mouth, in the Price municipality near Mont-Joli, the river meanders before being crossed by the Mitis-1 and Mitis-2 dams. It ends in the Baie Mitis on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence. Its mouth is near Sainte- ...
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Matapedia Valley
The Matapedia Valley (French: ''vallée de la Matapédia'') was formed by the Chic-Choc Mountains of eastern Québec. Its name is derived from the river that traverses the valley, as well as the lake that lies in its center. It is situated in the southwest of the Gaspé Peninsula and stretches . The land is primarily made up of forest and agriculture, and is home to more than 20,000 inhabitants in some thirty municipalities. Most of them are concentrated along the main avenue of communication, Route 132. The city of Amqui is the seat of the RCM and is home to 6,261 people. The Mi'kmaq people first developed the valley around 500 BCE. French-Canadian settlement began in 1833 when Pierre Brochu moved to Lake Matapedia along Kempt Road. Settlers began flocking to the land in the late nineteenth century with the development of land clearing, agriculture, and the logging industry. Toponymy The name Matapedia may derive from the Mi'kmaq word ''matapegiag'', meaning "river junctio ...
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Mitis Lake
Mitis may refer to: * La Mitis, a Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada * Mitis River, a river in Matapedia Valley, Quebec, Canada * Mitis Lake, a lake of the Zec de la Rivière-Mitis Zec de la Rivière-Mitis is a "zone d'exploitation contrôlée" (controlled harvesting zone) (zec) located in the municipality of parish of Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc (La Mitis), in La Mitis Regional County Municipality, in administrative region of Bas- ...