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Pigou River
The Pigou River (french: Rivière Pigou) is a salmon river in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. It empties into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. Location The Pigou rises on the Laurentian Plateau and empties into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence about east of Sept-Îles. The river rises in Petit lac Travers at an elevation of . It is about long. The river flows south through the unorganized territory of Rivière-Nipissis. The East Pigou River, a small tributary, enters about from its mouth. The mouth of the Pigou River is in the municipality of Sept-Îles, Sept-Rivières. Name The name "Pigou" may come from the Algonquin language ''pikiou'' meaning "gum", referring to a place where resin is extracted from fir or pine, or from the Innu language ''pikiou'' meaning "fish". The name is also used for nearby islands and a fishing bank. Another theory, less likely, is that "pigou" is an old navy term for a hanging candle holder. The Pigou River is first mentioned by name in 1892 by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gulf Of Saint Lawrence
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Magpie River (Quebec)
The Magpie River (french: Rivière Magpie, cr, Moteskikan Hipu, Mutehekau Hipu, Pmotewsekaw Sipo) is a river in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec which flows from the Labrador Plateau to empty into the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River east of Sept-Îles, Quebec. Location The Magpie River is long. It rises near the border between Quebec and Labrador, flows south, and enters Magpie Bay on the Gulf of Saint Lawrence west of Havre-Saint-Pierre. Two of its tributaries are named Magpie West and Magpie East. The central section contains the long Lake Magpie The river is not wide, but fast and turbulent. Its estuary is wide and forms a harbour for fishing boats. The village of Magpie is on the hillside around another small harbor on Magpie Bay west of the river mouth, and is one of the oldest towns on the Côte-Nord. The site was visited from 1849 by Gaspesians from Chaleur Bay who came to fish for cod and Atlantic salmon. The village boomed after the fishing companies Robin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Véco River
The Véco River (french: Rivière Véco) is a salmon river in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada, that empties into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. It has been dammed to supply a hydroelectric power plant. The shoreline around the mouth of the river is protected as part of a federal bird sanctuary. Location The Véco River is long and its watershed covers . The river drains Lake Robertson Lake, Lake Charles and Lake Blais. It empties into Ha! Ha! Bay. The river flows through the unorganized territory of Petit-Mécatina. The mouth of the river is in the municipality of Gros-Mécatina in Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality. Name The river is named after Jean-Baptiste Véco, a notary-royal, who exercised his profession in Acadia in the 17th century. Dam A Hydro-Québec dam on the river created the Robertson Reservoir for the Lac-Robertson Generating Station, which includes the former Lake Robertson and Lake Plamondon. It contains rainbow smelt, arctic cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Mecatina River
The Little Mécatina River (french: Rivière du Petit Mécatina) is a major river in the Côte-Nord region of the provinces of Labrador and Quebec, Canada. Studies have been made to exploit the hydroelectric potential of the river, which could be around 1,200 MW from three dams. The Little Mécatina River was driven first with kayaks by Rolf Theiß and Fritz Gottensrtöter from Guetersloh, Germany ( 13.8.- 6.9.1973 ). Location The Little Mécatina River is about long, of which about is in Labrador. The river has a Strahler number of 7. It originates to the east of Lake Aticonac near the border between the Atlantic and Saint Lawrence Basins. This is along the border between Quebec and Newfoundland claimed by Quebec, well north of the border defined in 1927 by the Privy Council. It flows through the unorganized territories of Lac-Jérôme and Petit-Mécatina. It winds in a generally south-east direction, then turns south and empties into the Gulf of St. Lawrence a short dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nétagamiou River
The Nétagamiou River (french: Rivière Nétagamiou) is a salmon river in the Côte-Nord region of the province of Quebec, Canada. It empties into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. Location The Nétagamiou River flows through the unorganized territory of Petit-Mécatina, Quebec, Petit-Mécatina. It flows south to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence along the line that separates the cantons of Bellecourt and Saint-Vincent. The mouth is in the municipality of Côte-Nord-du-Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent in Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality. The mouth is about east of the Innu reserve of La Romaine, Quebec, La Romaine. It is east of the village of Chevery, which is built on a point of sand and is accessible by boat from Harrington Harbour, Quebec, Harrington Harbour. The watershed covers . The river forms north, where it branches out from the Petit Mécatina River. The mouth is blocked by a sandbar, through which it cuts a narrow channel deep. Within the sandbar there is a natural ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coacoachou River
The Coacoachou River (french: Rivière Coacoachou) is a river in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. Location The river basin covers . It includes parts of the unorganized territory of Petit-Mécatina and the municipality of Côte-Nord-du-Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent. The mouth of the river is in the municipality of Côte-Nord-du-Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent in Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality. The river flows from the long Lake Coacoachou via Lake Tshipitnauman into Salé Lake. Salé Lake is a widening of the Coacoachou River, which flows from north to south for about and empties into Coacoachou bay, an indentation in the Saint Lawrence coast about east of Natashquan The bay is the only harbor on this part of the coast for mid-sized ships, but the many shoals and rocks make the entrance difficult. However, according to the ''Dictionnaire des rivières et lacs de la province de Québec'' (1914), Name The Innu of the region used the river to access their hun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malbaie River
The Malbaie River in the Charlevoix region empties into the Saint Lawrence River at La Malbaie. Until 1985 the river was used to transport logs downstream. It flows through a steep valley known as Les Hautes Gorges. A sugar maple and American elm forest grows in the gorge and has remained largely undisturbed for hundreds of years. Its course successively crosses Grands-Jardins National Park, Laurentides Wildlife Reserve, Zec des Martres, Hautes-Gorges-de-la-Rivière-Malbaie National Park and Zec du Lac-au-Sable. It winds first towards the north-east, towards the east, then towards the south-east, in a narrow and deep glacial valley, for 161 kilometers and a drop of 820 meters. Its course forms a semicircle stretching towards the north and completely encircling in its center the hydrographic slope of the Rivière du Gouffre. For example, there is a distance of between the mouth of the rivières des Martres and the mouth of a stream flowing on the east bank of the upper part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natashquan River
The Natashquan is a river in the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador. It flows south into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. Geography The river has its source just south of the boundary between the Atlantic and Saint Lawrence river watersheds. It flows south-east to the Labrador–Quebec border from where it flows southward to the Gulf. The river basin covers . It lies between the basins of the Aguanish River to the west and the Kegaska River to the east. About 39.8% of the basin is in Labrador north of the provincial boundary. The river is about , of which about is in Labrador. The river has a Strahler number of 7. In Quebec, the river forms the boundary between the Minganie and Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipalities before draining into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, about east from Sept-Îles. The name is of Innu origin, who call it ''Nutahquaniu Hipu'', meaning "river where black bear is hunted". Together with the Moisie River, the Nata ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aguanish River
The Aguanish River (french: Rivière Aguanish) is a salmon river of the Côte-Nord region of Quebec. It flows from north to south and empties into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. Location The Aguanish River is more than long. It is known for the Trait-de-Scie (Sawtooth), a deep canyon wide with several rapids and small waterfalls that are passed by the salmon heading up the river. The current has scoured out large cavities in the pink granite river bed, which are called "giant cooking pots". The mouth of the river is to the southwest of the village of Aguanish, which it passes through, in the municipality of Aguansh, Minganie Regional County Municipality. The mouth is west of Natashquan. The first falls are in the center of the village, just north of the Quebec Route 138 bridge, and can be approached by a trail from the parking lot to the west of the bridge. Name The name "Aguanish River" was made official on 11 April 1985. The name is also given as Goynish River or Aguanus Rive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nabisipi River
The Nabisipi River (french: Rivière Nabisipi) is a salmon river in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. It flows into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence Location The Nabisipi River rises in Lake Saumur. It flows for to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence west of Aguanish. The river drains an area of . It lies between the basins of the Pashashibou River to the west and the Aguanish River to the east. It crosses the Canadian Shield, and has many rapids. At first it flows through the unorganized territory of Lac-Jérôme. The mouth of the river is in the municipality of Aguanish in the Minganie Regional County Municipality. The name in the Innu language means "man's river". Description The ''Dictionnaire des rivières et lacs de la province de Québec'' (1914) says, Fishing The river has always been fished by the aboriginal people. Huard (1897: 349) wrote of the Nabisipi River, "It was about 1855 that the Rochette families settled there, after the Hudson's Bay Company had abandoned the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Watshishou River
The Little Watshishou River (french: Petite rivière Watshishou) is a salmon river in the east of the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. Location The Little Watshishou River originates in Lake Gallienne, and flows southwest to enter the Gulf of Saint Lawrence from the village of Baie-Johan-Beetz. The river flows through the unorganized territory of Lac-Jérôme in Minganie Regional County Municipality. Lower down it flows through the municipality of Aguanish. The mouth of the river is in the municipality of Baie-Johan-Beetz, Minganie. Quebec Route 138 crosses the river near its mouth. The river is about long. It drains a watershed of . It lies between the basins of the Watshishou River to the west and the Pashashibou River to the east. The watershed contains the Forêt ancienne du Lac-Auger. The river roughly defines the boundary between the lower boreal biological zone to the north and the hemiarctic zone to the south. The river has moderate hydroelectric potential in it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watshishou River
The Watshishou River (french: Rivière Watshishou) is a salmon river in the east of the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. Location The Watshishou River originates in Lake Watshishou, and flows south via Lake Holt and Little Lake Holt to enter the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. The river is long, and receives water from many lakes. It drains a basin of . Quebec Route 138 crosses the river near its mouth. It enters the Jacques Cartier Strait between Havre-Saint-Pierre and Natashquan, west of the Little Watshishou River. In its upper course the river flows through the unorganized territory of Lac-Jérôme. Lower down it flows through the municipality of Aguanish. The river's mouth is in the municipality of Baie-Johan-Beetz in Minganie Regional County Municipality. The river basin lies between the basins of the Véronique River to the west and the Little Watshishou River to the east. The river basin contains the Nabisipi River Old Forest (''Forêt ancienne de la Rivière Nabisipi'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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