The Comporté River is a tributary of the
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 el ...
flowing generally southward into the territory of the town of
La Malbaie in the Eastern part of the
Charlevoix Regional County Municipality
Charlevoix is a regional county municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Baie-Saint-Paul.
Subdivisions
There are 7 subdivisions within the RCM:
;Cities & Towns (1)
* Baie-Saint-Paul
;Municipalities (3)
* L' ...
, in
Quebec
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, in
Canada
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. This river has a gap in elevation of . After several series of rapids, waterfalls and falls in forest area, it flows into the
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 el ...
between the village of
Clermont and the town of La Malbaie.
The small valley of the Comporté River is served primarily on the west side of the river by Fraser Falls Road (west side of the river), and on the east side by Rang Sainte-Julie Road, "chemin des loisirs" and the Road Grands-Fonds. Great-Walls, and some other secondary forest roads, for forestry and recreation purposes.
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Forestry is the main economic activity of the sector, followed by recreational tourism activities.
The surface of this stream is generally frozen from mid-December to late-March. Nevertheless, safe ice traffic is generally from late December to mid-March.
Geography
The Comporté River originates from Comporté Lake (length: , altitude: ) located on the north hydrographic slope of the 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 el ...
. This lake of the "Outfitter de la Comporté" is located in a forest area in a small valley of mountains.
Course of the Comporté River
From its source, the Comporté River runs on according to the following segments:
* southeasterly, winding up to the Grand-Fonds Road road bridge;
* south along the Chemin des Loisirs and past the Mont-Grand-Fonds to the road bridge at chemin de Grand-Fonds;
* south along the Chemin des Loisirs in an area with several houses or cottages, the village Grand-Fonds, then crossing two sets of rapids, to the dump (coming from the east) of Gravel Lake;
* south through several rounds of rapids or waterfalls, past Butte-à-Julie, crossing a dam, crossing Fraser Falls, skirting a campsite by the side west, passing under Hydro-Québec's high-voltage towers; then by cutting the Chemin de la Vallée and crossing a small municipal park until its confluence with the 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 el ...
.
The Comporté River flows on the north shore of the 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 el ...
, in the town of la Malbaie, facing route 138. This confluence is located upstream of a curve of the 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 el ...
and a west bank campground.
Toponymy
The term "Comporté" evokes the merit of Lieutenant Philippe Gaultier de Comporté (1641-1687) of the Carignan-Salières Regiment
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arrived at Quebec
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in 1665. He was military, lord, commissioner of the stores of the king, provost of the , commissioner of the marine, born in 1641 in Comporté, near Poitiers, Philippe Gaultier, sieur of Rinault, and Gillette de Vernon, deceased in Quebec in 1687 and buried in the same place on November 22.
The toponym "Comporté River" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Bank of Place Names of the Commission de toponymie du Québec
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.Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of Place Names - Toponyme: Comporté River
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References
See also
* Philippe Gaultier de Comporté, military
* Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality
* La Malbaie, a municipality
*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 el ...
, a watercourse
*List of rivers of Quebec
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*15228 watercourses with an official toponymic designation, including 12094 streams and 3134 ...
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Rivers of Capitale-Nationale
Tributaries of the Saint Lawrence River