The Rivière Rouge is a

tributary A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage ...

of the east bank of the

Montmorency River The Montmorency River is a tributary of North-East bank of St. Lawrence river, flowing in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in the province of Quebec, Canada. The course of the river successively crosses the regional county municipa ...

, flowing in the administrative region of

Capitale-Nationale Capitale-Nationale (; en, National Capital region) is one of the 17 List of Quebec regions, administrative regions of Quebec. It is anchored by the provincial capital, Quebec City, and is largely coextensive with that city's Communauté métropol ...

, in the

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...

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

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. This watercourse successively crosses the regional county municipalities (MRC) of: *

La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality La Jacques-Cartier is a regional county municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is in Shannon. It is named after the Jacques-Cartier River which runs through it and takes its source in its upper country. Subdiv ...

: municipality of

Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval is a city in La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. Its urban area is located in the hollow of the Montmorency River valley, northeast of Quebec City. The cit ...

; *

La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality La Côte-de-Beaupré is a regional county municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Château-Richer. Its most populous community is the municipality of Boischatel. Subdivisions There are 11 subdivisions within ...

: municipality of

Château-Richer Château-Richer is a small town situated in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. Located on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River east of Quebec City, Château-Richer is the seat for the Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Munici ...

. This forest and mountain valley is served by a forest road passing on the east side of the river. Forestry is the main economic activity in this valley; second, recreational tourism. Because of its altitude, the surface of the upper Red River is generally frozen from late November to early April; however, safe circulation on the ice is generally done from mid-December to the end of March. The water level of the river varies with the seasons and the precipitation; the spring flood occurs in March or April.

Geography

The Rouge River takes its source from a small lake (length: ; altitude: ) landlocked between the mountains. The mouth of this lake is located in the municipality of

, at: * north of a mountain peak reaching ; * south of a mountain peak reaching ; * east of a curve of the

; * north-west of the north-west bank of the

Saint Lawrence 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, connectin ...

; * south-east of the confluence of the Rouge and Montmorency rivers. From the mouth of this head lake, the Red River descends on , with a drop of according to the following segments: * to the west, collecting a stream (coming from the south) corresponding to a bend in the river, then towards the north to another stream (coming from the southwest); * north between two mountains, collecting a stream (coming from the east) and crossing a small lake (altitude: ) until its mouth, corresponding to the discharge of a small stream (coming from the north); * first towards the west by collecting a stream (coming from the north), then by forming a small loop towards the south to collect a stream (coming from the south) and towards the north by collecting another stream (coming from the west), up to the outlet (coming from the east) of Château lakes and at La Source; * towards the north in a deep valley by entering Château-Richer, then bending towards the north-west after having skirted a mountain (located on the west side), until the

Rouge River East The Rivière Rouge East is a tributary of the east bank of the Rouge River. This stream flows in the municipality of Château-Richer, in the La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in ...

(coming from the east) which constitutes the outlet of Lac Grand; * towards the northwest first by collecting the discharge (coming from the north) from an unidentified lake, then by forming a curve towards the south to collect a mountain stream (coming from the south), to its mouth.Atlas of Canada - Department of Natural Resources Canada - Rivière Rouge (Montmorency River) - Distance and altitude measurements established from the application of site measurements.
/ref> The Rouge River flows into a bend on the east bank of the Montmorency River. From this confluence of the Rouge River, the current flows over generally south by the course of the Montmorency River, to the northwest shore of the St. Lawrence River.

Toponymy

The toponym "Rivière Rouge" was formalized on December 13, 1996 at the

Commission de toponymie du Québec The Commission de toponymie du Québec (English: ''Toponymy Commission of Québec'') is the Government of Québec's public body responsible for cataloging, preserving, making official and publicize Québec's place names and their origins according ...

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Appendices

, a municipality *

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 ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rouge, river Rivers of Capitale-Nationale La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality

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