The rivière aux Saumons (''English: Salmon River'') is a stream flowing into
Gulf of St. Lawrence, flowing in the municipality of
L'Île-d'Anticosti
; moe, Notiskuan; mic, Natigostec
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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.
It has an area of according to Quebec's ''Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et ...
, 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 the
province
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of
Quebec
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, in Canada.
A forest road serves the intermediate and lower part of its course. An airport is set up in the chasms sector to accommodate tourist activities. Forestry is the main economic activity in this area; recreational tourism activities, secondly, in particular salmon fishing and excursions in the sinkhole sector.
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Geography
The Rivière aux Saumons takes its source from Rainsford Lake (length: ; altitude: ) located in the center of Anticosti Island
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. This source is located at:
* south of the north shore of the island;
* north of the south shore of the island;
* 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 ...
;
* west of the eastern point of Anticosti Island.[
From its source, the Rivière aux Saumons flows over with a drop of , entirely in the forest zone in the SÉPAQ zone, according to the following segments:
* to the south in the marsh area, first crossing a small lake, then a second lake (length: ; altitude: ) in the shape of a V, where the current turns east after having bypassed a peninsula attached to the north shore, to its mouth;
* towards the east, first by forming a small hook towards the south and crossing a marsh area, by collecting two streams (coming from the north), by collecting a stream (coming from the south), passing south of the place called "Champ-des-Gouffres", forming a loop to the south, then a hook towards the north, and another towards the south, collecting the discharge (coming from the north ) from several lakes to a stream (coming from the southwest);
* to the northeast by forming two large curves to the southeast, collecting a stream (coming from the southwest) and the outlet (coming from the south) from a small lake, to Poulin stream (coming from the west);
* towards the north-east in a deep valley, forming a loop towards the north-west at mid-segment, until its mouth.]
Toponymy
The toponym "Rivière aux Saumons" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.Commission de toponymie du Québec - Rivière aux Saumons
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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