The rivière Bec-Scie is a tributary of the

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, flowing in the municipality of

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, in the

Minganie Regional County Municipality Minganie is a regional county municipality in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. It includes Anticosti Island. Its seat is Havre-Saint-Pierre, Quebec, Havre-Saint-Pierre. It has an area of according to Quebec's ''Ministère des Affaires ...

, in the administrative region of

Côte-Nord Côte-Nord (, ; ; land area ) is the second-largest administrative region by land area in Quebec, Canada, after Nord-du-Québec. It covers much of the northern shore of the Saint Lawrence River estuary and the Gulf of Saint Lawrence past Tadous ...

, in

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, in Canada. The Bec-Scie river turns out to be the last river flowing south in the western part of the island before the territory of SÉPAQ Anticosti. The main forest road (east-west) of Anticosti Island serves the upper part of this valley. A network of secondary roads connect to this main road, as well as to the west to a forest road network for forestry purposes. Forestry is the main economic activity in this area; recreational tourism activities, second.

Geography

The Bec-Scie river has its source at Lake Valiquette (length: ; altitude: ) located in the western part of

Anticosti Island ; moe, Notiskuan; mic, Natigostec , sobriquet = , image_name = RiviereHuileAnticosti.jpg , image_caption = Salmon fisherman on Rivière à l'Huile , image_map ...

. The mouth of Lake Valiquette is located at the end of the southern bay, at: * northeast of the town center of the village of

Port-Menier Port-Menier, Quebec is a small fishing town located on the western end of Anticosti Island, Quebec, Canada, part of the L'Île-d'Anticosti municipality. The port village was built during the late 19th century by French chocolate maker Henri Meni ...

; * south of the north shore of Anticosti Island; * north of the south shore of Anticosti Island. From its source, the Bec-Scie River flows south between La Petite Rivière (located on the west side); and the Baleine stream and the Sainte-Marie River (located on the east side). From the mouth of Lac Valiquette, its course descends towards the south with a drop of , according to the following segments: * south relatively in a straight line, first passing under the bridge of the main road (east–west direction) of the island and crossing on the north-western part of Faure lake (length: ; altitude: ) or the main body of water in this valley, up to its mouth; * towards the southwest to a bend in the river, corresponding to a stream (coming from the north); * south first, winding through an area of marshland, and crossing Lac Sans Bout (length: ; altitude: ), up to its mouth; * towards the south, first passing under the forest road bridge and forming a few serpentines, collecting in the marsh area the discharge (coming from the northwest) of some marshes and lakes including Castor Lake, then passing under the forest road bridge, to its mouth. The Bec-Scie river flows onto the south shore of Anticosti Island, at the end of a small bay, either east of Pointe aux Pimbinas, at west of the mouth of the Baleine stream and east of the center of the village of Port-Menier. At its mouth, the current of the river forms a channel up to about at low tide in the sandstone.

Toponymy

The toponymic designation "Bec-Scie" refers to ''

Mergus ''Mergus'' is the genus of the typical mergansers , fish-eating ducks in the subfamily Anatinae. The genus name is a Latin word used by Pliny the Elder and other Roman authors to refer to an unspecified waterbird. The common merganser (''Merg ...

'', a genus of fish-eating ducks whose French common name is ''harle''. This toponym has been in use since at least 1924. It was made official on April 2, 1981, at the "Banque des noms de lieux" (Bank of place names) of

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.Commission de toponymie du Québec - Rivière Bec-Scie
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Geography

Toponymy

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