The petite rivière Jean-Boivin is a freshwater tributary of the

Jean-Boivin River The Jean-Boivin 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 prov ...

, 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 ...

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 ...

, in

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 course of the little 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 valley of the "petite rivière Jean-Boivin" is located between route 175 and route 169; other secondary forest roads have been developed in the sector for forestry and recreational tourism activities.Open Street Map - Accessdate January 29, 2019
/ref> Forestry is the primary economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second. The surface of the small 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 little Jean-Boivin river are: * north side:

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 ...

, McDonald Lake, McDonald Creek, Patrie Creek,

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:

, Hector stream,

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 ...

; * south side:

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 ...

, the Grand Ruisseau,

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; * ...

; * west side:

, la Blague stream. The "Petite rivière Jean-Boivin" takes its source from an unidentified lake (length: ; altitude: ). The northern mouth of this head lake is located at: * west of the

; * north-east of a curve of the

; * south of Kénogami Lake; * south-west of route 175; * south-west of the confluence of the small Jean-Boivin river and the Jean-Boivin river. From the small head lake, the course of the small Jean-Boivin river flows over entirely in the forest zone, with a drop of , depending on the segments following: * towards the north-east, curving towards the north-east, up to a bend in a river where a stream (coming from the south-east) flows there; * to the north, forming a curve to the east, to a stream (coming from the northwest); * towards the northeast, curving towards the east, to its mouth. The "Petite rivière Jean-Boivin" flows into a bend on the west bank of the

. This confluence is located at: * south-east of the confluence of the

and the

; * west of route 175; * southwest of

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 ...

; * north-east of the confluence of the

and the

; * south-east 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 Saguenay river. From the confluence of the small Jean-Boivin river with the Jean-Boivin river, the current descends successively the latter on towards the northeast, the course of the Cyriac river on to the north, then the current crosses Kénogami Lake on north-east to the dam of Portage-des-Roches, then follows the course of the Chicoutimi river on to the east, then the northeast and the Saguenay river course on east 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 "Petite rivière Jean-Boivin" was formalized on June 1, 1971, 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 - Petite rivière Jean-Boivin
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References

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Geography

Toponymy

See also

References