The Amédée River (, ) is a tributary of the

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, crossing the town of

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, in the

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on the

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, in the

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, in Canada. The eastern part of the Amédée river valley is served by forest roads and indirectly by the Trans-Québec-Labrador road; the lower part, by the route 138.Open Street Map - Accessed July 7, 2020
/ref> Besides the urban area (Baie-Comeau sector) at the end of the segment, forestry is the main economic activity in this valley. The surface of the Amédée River is usually frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, except the rapids areas; however, safe circulation on the ice is generally from mid-December to mid-March.

Toponymy

The Amédée river is named in honor of Amédée Couillard-Després, first manager of the sawmill built at the mouth of the river by Damase and Henri Jalbert in 1898.^, The toponym “Amédée river” was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.

Geography

The Amédée River is part of the

Manicouagan River The Manicouagan or Manicuagan River, often clipped to Manic, is a river in Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. The river originates in the Manicouagan Reservoir and flows approximately south, emptying into the Saint Lawrence River near Baie- ...

watershed. It is supplied by Lake Amédée (length: ; altitude: ) located at northwest of downtown town of

. Lake Amédée is supplied by: * north-west bank: two streams, * north shore: the outlet of 5 lakes, the outlet of Lake Hibou, the outlet of Lake Marcel; * east bank: the outlet of a stream, the outlet of two lakes, the outlet of two lakes. The Amédée river has a free weir-type dam to regulate the water flow. The river ends with falls located near the site named Vieux Poste before emptying into the

. The Amédée river flows for with a drop of , according to the following segments: * generally towards the south-east, forming some coils, until the beginning of a widening of the river; * towards the south-east forming a widening of the river, first on by collecting the Couillard stream (coming from the north) to route 138; then on towards the south-east passing in an industrial zone (located on the west side of the river) and collecting Le Petit Bras (coming northeast) to the dam; * towards the south-east crossing two zones of rapids and forming a loop towards the east at the end of the segment, until its mouth. The Amédée river flows at the bottom of a small bay on the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, either: * north-east of the mouth of the

; * north-west of Pointe-Lebel where the regional airport is located; * south-west of the mouth of the rivière à la Chasse (Baie-Comeau).

References

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Toponymy

Geography

See also

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