The Rivière aux Outardes (''English: Bustard River'') is a tributary of the
Saguenay River
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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 in the municipality of
Saint-Fulgence, 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, in the
province
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of
Quebec
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, in
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.
The
route 172 (route de
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 ...
) crosses the Outardes River at its mouth. Chemin du rang Saint-Louis (north–south direction) serves the western side of this river.
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Forestry is the primary economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second.
The surface of the Outardes River is usually frozen from the end of November to the beginning of April, however the safe circulation on the ice is generally done from mid-December to the end of March.
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Geography
The main watersheds neighboring the Rivière aux Outardes are:
* North side: Valin River, Saint-Louis River, Canada stream;
* East side: Rivière aux Foins, Saguenay River, Sainte-Marguerite River;
* South side: Saguenay River;
* West side: Loutre river, Valin River, Caribou River, Shipshaw River.[
The Rivière aux Outardes rises at the mouth of Lake Xavier (length: ; altitude: ). This lake is located: south of the course of Le Petit Bras and to the northeast from the mouth of the Outardes river.
From its source, the confluence of Lake Xavier, the course of the Outardes River descends on according to the following segments:
* to the southwest in a deep valley, crossing Lake Travers on to the west, collecting the discharge (coming from the East) from Bedeau Lake and crossing another unidentified lake on south, to its mouth;
* south-west to chemin du rang Sainte-Marie;
* south-west in a deep valley, to a stream (coming from the north);
* south in a deep valley, to the mouth of the river ]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-Laurent 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 ...
.[
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Toponymie
The toponym Rivière aux Outardes was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec
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.[Commission de toponymie du Québec - Rivière aux Outardes]
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See also
* 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 ...
* Saint-Fulgence
* Saguenay River
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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 ...
Notes and references
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Rivers of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality