The rivière des Petites Îles (Petites Îles River) is a tributary of the south shore of the

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 ...

flowing successively in the municipalities of Petit-Saguenay and

Baie-Sainte-Catherine Baie-Sainte-Catherine, Quebec is a town in Quebec, Canada. The municipal's territory extends along the Saguenay and Saint Lawrence rivers, whereas the town itself is on the small St. Catherine Bay, which is located at the confluence of these two ...

, in

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(MRC) of Le Fjord-du-Saguenay, in

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. The upper part of this valley is served indirectly by Route 170 which connects Saint-Siméon to the village of Petit-Saguenay which passes over the north shore of the

Noire River Noire River or Rivière Noire may refer to: North America * Grande rivière Noire or Big Black River (Saint John River tributary), in Maine, United States, and Quebec, Canada * Noire River (L'Assomption River tributary), Matawinie, Lanaudière, Q ...

. Despite its mountainous terrain, the valley of the "Petites Îles River" has some secondary forest roads for forestry and recreational tourism purposes.Open Street Map - Retrieved December 9, 2019
/ref> Forestry is the first economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism activities, second. The surface of Petites Îles River is usually frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, however, safe ice circulation is generally from mid-December to mid-March.

Geography

The main hydrographic slopes near the Petites Îles River are: * North side:

; * East side:

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 ...

; * South side:

Petit Saguenay River The Petit Saguenay River is a watercourse flowing in Quebec, Canada, in: * the unorganized territory of Sagard, Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality, in administrative region of Capitale-Nationale; * the municipality of Petit-Saguenay, in t ...

; * West side:

, Cabanage River. The Petites Îles River rises at the mouth of Lake Ovila-Lavoie. This source is located at: * south-west of its mouth; * east of a curve of

; * west of the mouth of the

; * south-east of the village center of Petit-Saguenay. From its source (Lake Ovila-Lavoie), the course of the Petites Îles River descends on according to the following segments: * northerly to a river bend corresponding to the discharge (from the North) of a group of lakes including Pipiche, Coquille, Île and L'Orme; * northeasterly, forming a curve to the south, and crossing rapids at the end of the segment; to the dump (coming from the east) of Lac du Compte; * northeasterly in a steep valley to the outlet of Lac des Couteaux; * easterly in a valley through the

Saguenay Fjord National Park Saguenay Fjord National Park (french: parc national du Fjord-du-Saguenay) is a provincial park located in Quebec, Canada. In the regions of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Charlevoix, Côte-Nord, and Bas-Saint-Laurent, the park is situated along the ...

to its mouth. The mouth of the Petites Îles River flows into Anse aux Petites Îles on the south shore of the

at the northwestern end of the Municipality of

. This confluence is located at: * east of the village center of L'Anse-Saint-Jean; * east of the confluence of the Petit Saguenay River with the Saguenay River; * west of

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 ...

Toponymy

The toponym "Rivière des Petites Îles" (Little Islands River) refers to the presence of two small islands located in the cove at the mouth of this stream. The name of the first, Coquart Island, evokes the memory of the Jesuit father Claude-Godefroy Coquart, born in 1706 in the French commune of

Melun Melun () is a Communes of France, commune in the Seine-et-Marne Departments of France, department in the Île-de-France Regions of France, region, north-central France. It is located on the southeastern outskirts of Paris, about from the kilome ...

. "Anse aux Petites Îles" is bounded on the north by "Pointe aux Petites Îles".Names and Places of Quebec, a work 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 ...

, published in 1994 and 1996 in the form of an illustrated dictionary printed, and under that of a CD-ROM made by the company Micro-Intel, in 1997, from this dictionary. The toponym "Rivière des Petites Îles" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Bank of Place Names of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.

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