The Jean-Boivin River is a freshwater tributary of the

Cyriac River The Rivière Cyriac (also The Cyriac) is a freshwater tributary feeding the Kenogami Lake, flowing in: * Capitale-Nationale: in the unorganized territory of Lac-Pikauba, Quebec, Lac-Pikauba, in the regional county municipality, MRC of Charlevoix Re ...

, flowing in the unorganized territory of Lac-Ministuk, 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 ...

, in

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...

from

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

, to

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

. The upper and intermediate course of the Jean-Boivin river crosses 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 ...

. The Jean-Boivin River is accessible by the route 175; other secondary forest roads have been developed in the sector for the needs of forestry and recreational tourism activities.Open Street Map - Accessed January 29, 2019
/ref> Forestry is the primary economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second. The surface of the Jean-Boivin River is usually frozen from the end of November to the beginning of April, however the safe circulation on the ice is generally made from mid-December to the end of March.

Geography

The main watersheds neighboring the Jean-Boivin River are: * north side:

Simoncouche Lake The Simoncouche Lake is a fresh body of water crossed by the Simoncouche River on the watershed of the Saguenay River. The Simoncouche Lake straddles the unorganized territory of Lac-Ministuk, and that of the city of Saguenay, in the administrati ...

Simoncouche River The Rivière Simoncouche is a tributary of Kenogami Lake, flowing the unorganized territory of Lac-Ministuk (MRC Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality) and in the territory of the city of Saguenay (sector Kénogami), in the administ ...

Kenogami Lake Kenogami lake is a long lake in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of south-central Quebec, Canada. Situated at an altitude of , the lake is long and deep. "Kénogami" means "long lake" in the Montagnais dialect and was originally used to ref ...

Saguenay River __NOTOC__ The Saguenay River () is a major river of Quebec, Canada. It drains Lac Saint-Jean in the Laurentian Highlands, leaving at Alma and running east; the city of Saguenay is located on the river. It drains into the Saint Lawrence River. T ...

; * east side: Cyriac river, Lac des Îlets, Grimard lake, Cyriac lake, Lecompte lake, rivière du Moulin, Bras Sec; * south side: Chavary lake, Ministuk lake,

Petite rivière Pikauba The Petite Rivière Pikauba is a tributary of the Pikauba River, flowing in the provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, in Canada, in the administrative regions of: * Capitale-Nationale: in the unorganized territory of Lac-Pikauba ...

, Lévesque lake, Yvette lake; * west side: Hector stream, Richelieu lake,

, Minustuk lake, Cyriac lake,

Pikauba River The Pikauba River is a tributary of Kenogami Lake, flowing in the province of Quebec in Canada, in the administrative regions of: * Capitale-Nationale: in the unorganized territory of Lac-Pikauba, in the Charlevoix Regional County Municipality; * ...

. The Jean-Boivin River rises at the mouth of Petit lac Richelieu (length: ; altitude: ). The northern mouth of the lake is located at: * west of the course of the

Normand River The Normand river is a freshwater tributary of the Cyriac River, flowing in the unorganized territory of Lac-Ministuk, in the Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, in the pro ...

; * north-east of a curve of the

; * north-west of Lac Grimard; * south-west of route 175; * south of the confluence of the Jean-Boivin river and the

. From little Richelieu Lake, the course of the Jean-Boivin river flows over entirely in the forest zone, with a drop of , according to the following segments: * towards the west, in particular by crossing on Lake Richelieu (length: ; altitude: ), to its mouth; * towards the northwest in particular by crossing on Boivin Lake (length: ; altitude: ), to its mouth; * north-east in a deep valley to the outlet (coming from the north) of lakes Eve and Adam; * north-west, to the outlet (coming from the west) of Lac Lavade; * towards the north in a deep valley at the start of the segment and leaving mid-segment of the territory of the

, up to the confluence (coming from the 'west) of the Petite Rivière Jean-Boivin; * north, then northeast, to Filion stream (coming from the south); * towards the north-east in a deep valley, then bending towards the east to go around a mountain, to its mouth. The Jean-Boivin river flows on the west bank of the Cyriac river. This confluence is located at: * west of the city limit of Saguenay; * west of

; * west of route 175; * east of Lake McDonald; * north-east of the confluence of the Jean-Boivin river and the

Petite rivière Jean-Boivin The petite rivière Jean-Boivin is a freshwater tributary of the Jean-Boivin River, flowing in the unorganized territory of Lac-Ministuk, in the Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Saguenay–Lac-Sain ...

; * south of the confluence of the

and

; * south-west of the

barrage de Portage-des-Roches The Portage-des-Roches dam (''Portage-des-Roches being the translation of the Montagnais'' ''Ashini Kushnapagan'') or '' Taschereau Dam'' (in honor of ''Louis-Alexandre Taschereau'') is a dam located in the Laterrière sector of borough Chicoutimi ...

; * south-west of the confluence of the

Chicoutimi River The Chicoutimi River is a watercourse of eastern Quebec, Canada. A tributary of the Saguenay River, which it meets in the city of Saguenay, it is the main outlet of Kenogami Lake, which rises from a watershed of in the Laurentides Wildlife Reser ...

and the

. From the confluence of the Jean-Boivin river with the

, the current descends the latter on to the north, then the current crosses Kenogami Lake on northeasterly to the dam of Portage-des-Roches, then follows the course of the Chicoutimi river on eastward, then northeasterly and the course of the

on eastward to

Tadoussac Tadoussac () is a village in Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saguenay and Saint Lawrence rivers. The indigenous Innu call the place ''Totouskak'' (plural for ''totouswk'' or ''totochak'') meaning "bosom", probably in reference to the t ...

where it merges with the

Saint Lawrence estuary The estuary of the Saint Lawrence in Quebec, Canada, is one of the largest esturaries in the world. Situation The estuary of the St. Lawrence River is located downstream of the St. Lawrence River and upstream of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. It ...

Toponymy

The toponym "Jean-Boivin River" was formalized on December 5, 1968, 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 Jean-Boivin
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References

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Geography

Toponymy

See also

References