The Plantain River (''French: Rivière Plantain'') is a tributary of the
Gulf of Saint Lawrence
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, flowing in the municipality of
L'Île-d'Anticosti
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, in the
Minganie Regional County Municipality
Minganie is a regional county municipality in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. It includes Anticosti Island. Its seat is Havre-Saint-Pierre, Quebec, Havre-Saint-Pierre.
It has an area of according to Quebec's ''Ministère des Affaires ...
, in the administrative region of
Côte-Nord
Côte-Nord (, ; ; land area ) is the second-largest administrative region by land area in Quebec, Canada, after Nord-du-Québec. It covers much of the northern shore of the Saint Lawrence River estuary and the Gulf of Saint Lawrence past Tadous ...
, in
province
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of
Quebec
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, in Canada.
The Plantain River is the westernmost river on
Anticosti Island
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Geography
The Plantain River has its source at Lake Superior (length: ; altitude: ) located at the western end of Anticosti Island
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. The mouth of Lake Superior is located at the end of the bay on the west shore, at:
* northeast of Pointe-Ouest of Anticosti Island;
* north-west of the town centre of the village of Port-Menier
Port-Menier, Quebec is a small fishing town located on the western end of Anticosti Island, Quebec, Canada, part of the L'Île-d'Anticosti municipality. The port village was built during the late 19th century by French chocolate maker Henri Meni ...
;
* south-east of the north shore of Anticosti Island.[
From its source, the Plantain River flows south between the western end of Anticosti Island and the Gamache River (located on the east side).
From the mouth of Lake Superior, the course of the Plantain River descends towards the south with a drop of , according to the following segments:
* first southwest, then southeast across Plantain Lake (length: ; altitude: ), up to its mouth;
* towards the south-east, crossing areas of marshes and collecting the Diane stream (coming from the north-east), until its mouth.]Gulf of Saint Lawrence
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, via Jolliet Bay which has a width: at the entrance to the bay, that is to say at the height of the Pointe of the castle. Jolliet bay turns out to be a sub-element of Gamache bay (length: ; width: at the entrance to the bay), on the shore south of Anticosti Island. At low tide, the sandstone at the mouth of the Plantain River can stretch as far as towards the centre of the bay.
This confluence of the river and the bay (at high tide) is located at east of Pointe aux Pointe-Ouest of Anticosti Island, at southeast of the north shore of the island and west of the centre of the village of Port-Menier. Gamache bay includes Jolliet bay (located to the northwest) and Navots bay (located to the northeast).
Toponymy
The toponymic designation "rivière Plantain" appears in a volume published in 1904 and also in 1924 in the Bulletin de la Société de Géographie de Québec.[Commission de toponymie du Québec - Rivière Plantain](_blank)
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See also
* List of rivers of Quebec
This is a list of rivers of Quebec. Quebec has about:
*one million lakes of which 62279 have a toponymic designation (a name), plus 218 artificial lakes;
*15228 watercourses with an official toponymic designation, including 12094 streams and 3134 ...
References
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Rivers of Côte-Nord
Anticosti Island
Minganie Regional County Municipality