The Rivière Blanche (''English: White River'') is a

tributary A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage ...

of the east bank of the

Montmorency River The Montmorency River is a tributary of North-East bank of St. Lawrence river, flowing in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in the province of Quebec, Canada. The course of the river successively crosses the regional county municipa ...

. It flows in the unorganized territory of Lac-Jacques-Cartier, in the

La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality La Côte-de-Beaupré is a regional county municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Château-Richer. Its most populous community is the municipality of Boischatel. Subdivisions There are 11 subdivisions within ...

, in the administrative region of

Capitale-Nationale Capitale-Nationale (; en, National Capital region) is one of the 17 List of Quebec regions, administrative regions of Quebec. It is anchored by the provincial capital, Quebec City, and is largely coextensive with that city's Communauté métropol ...

, in the

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, in

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. This valley is served by two secondary forest roads going up each side of the course of the river; a third forest road serves the upper part. Forestry is the main economic activity in this valley; second, recreational tourism. Because of its altitude, the surface of the upper part of the Blanche River is generally frozen from the end of November to the beginning of April; however, safe circulation on the ice is generally done from mid-December to the end of March. The lower part of the river course has a freezing period of about a week less than the upper part. The water level of the river varies with the seasons and the precipitation; the spring flood occurs in March or April.

Geography

The Blanche River rises in Lac la Blanche (length: ; altitude: ). The mouth of this lake is located at: * south-east of the limit of

Montmorency Forest The "Montmorency Forest" is an experimental forest located in the unorganized territory of Lac-Jacques-Cartier, in the La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in the province of Queb ...

; * south of the limit of the

Laurentides Wildlife Reserve Réserve faunique des Laurentides (), also known by its former name of parc des Laurentides, is a wildlife reserve in Quebec, Canada, located between Quebec City and the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region. This reserve is part of the network of ...

; * west of the course of the Rivière des Neiges; * south-east of the summit of André-Lafond Mountain (altitude: ); * north-east of the mouth of the Blanche river and the

; * east of Route 175, connecting the town of

to the town of Saguenay; * northwest of the northwest shore of the

St. Lawrence River The St. Lawrence River (french: Fleuve Saint-Laurent, ) is a large river in the middle latitudes of North America. Its headwaters begin flowing from Lake Ontario in a (roughly) northeasterly direction, into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, connecting ...

. From the mouth of Lac la Blanche, the Blanche river descends on , with a drop of according to the following segments: * north-west in an increasingly steep valley, passing between two mountains and entering

, up to a bend in the river; * south-west in a valley between two mountains, to the outlet (coming from the west) of Lac Bédard; * first towards the south in a deep valley, forming a large S between two mountains, collecting two streams (coming from the east); then south-west in a steep drop by collecting a stream (coming from the east), to its mouth.Atlas of Canada - Department of Natural Resources Canada - Rivière Blanche (Montmorency River) - Distance and altitude measurements established from the application of site measurements.
/ref> From the confluence of the Blanche river, the current flows over generally south by the course of the

, to the northwest bank of the

Toponymy

The toponyms "Rivière Blanche" and "Lac la Blanche" (head lake) are linked. The toponym "rivière Blanche" was formalized on March 28, 1974 at the

Commission de toponymie du Québec The Commission de toponymie du Québec (English: ''Toponymy Commission of Québec'') is the Government of Québec's public body responsible for cataloging, preserving, making official and publicize Québec's place names and their origins according ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Blanche, river Rivers of Capitale-Nationale La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality

Geography

Toponymy

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