The rivière au Fusil (''English: Rifle River'') is a tributary of the
Gulf of St. Lawrence
The Gulf of St. Lawrence () is the outlet of the North American Great Lakes via the St. Lawrence River into the Atlantic Ocean. The gulf is a semi-enclosed sea, covering an area of about and containing about of water, at an average depth of .
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, flowing in the municipality of
L'Île-d'Anticosti
; moe, Notiskuan; mic, Natigostec
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, image_caption = Salmon fisherman on Rivière à l'Huile
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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
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.
A network of forest roads serves this small valley. Forestry is the main economic activity in this area; second, recreational tourism activities.
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Geography
The Rivière au Fusil draws its source from the Étang Félice (length: ; altitude: ) located in the center-west of the Anticosti Island. This source is located at:
* east of the town center 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 of the north shore of Anticosti Island;
* northeast of the south shore of Anticosti Island.[
From the mouth of Étang Félice, the Rivière au Fusil flows over entirely in the SÉPAQ Anticosti, with a drop of , depending on the segments following:
* towards the south, forming a large curve with a diameter of approximately oriented towards the east, successively crossing a series of small lakes whose the Wild Pond (altitude: ) and the Goélands Pond (altitude: ), collecting the discharge (coming from the west) of a small lake, up to a bend in the river corresponding to a stream (coming from the north);
* towards the south, to the outlet (coming from the northeast) of two lakes including Lac au Fusil;
* towards the south, first forming a curve towards the west, until its mouth.]
Toponymy
The toponym "rivière au Fusil" is linked to that of "lac au Fusil" which is part of the same hydrographic slope.
This toponymic designation appeared in 1924 in the "Bulletin de la Société de Géographie de Québec", in the work "Monographie de l'Île d'Anticosti" written by Joseph Schmitt, published in 1904 and in 1955 on the map of the forestry company Consolidated Bathurst.
The toponym "rivière au Fusil" was made official on December 5, 1968, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.Commission de toponymie du Québec - Rivière au Fusil
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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
Minganie Regional County Municipality
Anticosti Island