The Bruyère river is a river in

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, Canada. It is a tributary of the

Dorval River The "Dorval river" is a tributary of the Saguenay River, flowing in the city of Saguenay, Quebec, Saguenay and in the municipality of Larouche, Quebec, Larouche, in the Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region ...

, flowing in the municipality of

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, in the

Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality Le Fjord-du-Saguenay (''The Fjord of the Saguenay iver') is a regional county municipality in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Saint-Honoré, which is also its most populous municipality. It is named for the f ...

, in the administrative region of

Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean (, ) is a region in Quebec, Canada. It contains the Saguenay Fjord, the estuary of the Saguenay River, stretching through much of the region. It is also known as Sagamie in French, from the first part of "Saguenay" and th ...

. The Bruyère river valley is mainly served by the route 170 (boulevard du Royaume), for forestry and agriculture.Open Street Map - Accessed February 8, 2019
/ref> Forestry is the main economic activity in the Bruyère River area; agricultural activities, second. The surface of the Bruyère River is usually frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, however the safe circulation on the ice is generally made from mid-December to mid-March.

Geography

The main watersheds near the Bruyère river are: * north side:

, Saguenay River; * east side:

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; * south side: Kenogami Lake (Cascouia bay),

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, Pont Flottant stream,

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; * west side:

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, Abattoir stream, Bédard River, Lac Saint-Jean. The Bruyère river rises at Lake Potvin (length: ; altitude: ) in the shape of a deformed crescent open to the north. This source is located at: * south of the ex-Moquin station along the Canadian National Railway; * south of the

; * south-east of route 170; * south-east of the village center of

; * south-east of the confluence of the Bruyère and Dorval rivers; * south of the Saguenay River; * south-east of the confluence of the Dorval and Saguenay rivers. From its source (small unidentified lake), the Bruyère river flowed on with a drop of generally in forested area, sometimes agricultural, according to the segments following: * north-west, bending north, to the Canadian National Railway; * westward along the Canadian National Railway and route 170 to a bend in the river; * towards the northwest by bending towards the north, until the mouth of the river. The course of the Bruyère river flows into a bend on the south bank of the

. This confluence is located at: * northeast of a curve in route 170; * south of the Saguenay River; * north-west of Cascouia Bay; * south-east of the confluence of the Dorval and Saguenay rivers; * south-east of downtown

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; * east of lac Saint-Jean. From the mouth of the Bruyère river, the current follows the course of the Dorval river on towards the northwest, then the course of the Saguenay River on east to Tadoussac where it merges with the Saint Lawrence estuary.

Toponymy

The toponym "Bruyère river" was formalized on January 8, 1981, at the Place Names Bank of 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 ...

.Commission de toponymie du Québec - Rivière Bruyère
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Notes and references

Appendices

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* Saguenay River *

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