The Rivière à la Croix is a tributary of the
Saguenay River, flowing in the municipality of
Saint-Félix-d'Otis, in the
Fjord-du-Saguenay, in the administrative region of
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
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, in the
province
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from
Quebec
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, to
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.
The valley of the "Rivière à la Croix" is served by the "Chemin de l'Anse aux érables" and the "chemin du lac à la Croix", for forestry, agriculture and recreational tourism. Some secondary forest roads serve this valley.
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Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second. This valley contains some dwellings distributed in small deforested areas.
The surface of the Rivière à la Croix is usually frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, however safe circulation on the ice is generally done from mid-December to mid-March.
Geography
The main watersheds neighboring the "Rivière à la Croix" are:
* north side: Lac au Sable, Saguenay River;
* east side: Saguenay River, Éternité River
The Éternité River (french: Rivière Éternité, meaning Eternity River) is a small stream in Quebec, Canada, which flows into Eternity Bay at Rivière-Éternité, in the Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality, in the administrative ...
, Saint-Jean River;
* south side: Brébeuf Lake, Éternité Lake, Saint-Jean River;
* west side: Otis Lake, Saguenay River, Baie des Ha! Ha!, Ha! Ha! River.[
The Rivière à la Croix rises at the mouth of lac à la Croix (length: ; maximum width: ; altitude: ) between mountains. This lake is fed in particular by a few mountain streams including the outlet of Lake Pitre and Lake Rond, the outlet of Lac des Cœurs, the outlet of "Lac de la Sucrerie" and "Lac Mélasse" and the outlet of Lakes Sergerie and Wellie. This source of the watercourse is located at:
* south of the Saguenay River;
* north-east of Otis Lake;
* north-west of Éternity Lake;
* north of the Baie de la Sauvagesse du Brébeuf Lake;
* east of the confluence of the Rivière à la Croix and the Saguenay River (Anse à la Croix).][
From the mouth of the lake, the course of the river at the Croix descends on with a drop of , according to the following segments:
* towards the west in a deep valley, by collecting the discharge (coming from north) of the lake of Jules and Lake Eddy, until the discharge (coming from the north) of the lake at Hay and Sable Lake;
* to the west in a deep valley forming unmatched streamers, to the mouth.][
From the confluence of the Rivière à la Croix (in "Anse à la Croix"), the current follows the course of the Saguenay River on east to Tadoussac where it merges with the Saint Lawrence estuary.
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Toponymy
This toponym appears on a regional map dating from 1943 and on a draft map dating from 1959.
The toponym "Rivière à la Croix" was formalized on December 5, 1968, by the Commission de toponymie du Québec
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.[Commission de Toponymie du Québec - Rivière à la Croix](_blank)
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Notes and references
Appendices
Related articles
* 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 ...
* L'Anse-Saint-Jean, a municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
* Lac à la Croix
* Saint-Jean River
* Saguenay River
* 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 ...
External links
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Rivers of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality