The Rivière à Mars Nord-Ouest is a tributary of the

rivière à Mars The Rivière à Mars is a tributary of the Baie des Ha! Ha! (Saguenay River), Baie des Ha! Ha! Crossing the borough La Baie, in Saguenay, Quebec, Saguenay (city), in the administrative region of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, in Quebec, in Canada. The ...

flowing in the unorganized territory of Lac-Pikauba, in the Charlevoix Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of

Capitale-Nationale Capitale-Nationale (; en, National Capital region) is one of the 17 administrative regions of Quebec. It is anchored by the provincial capital, Quebec City, and is largely coextensive with that city's metropolitan area. It has a land area of 18,7 ...

, in the

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

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 ...

, Canada. The "rivière à Mars North-West" crosses the central-western part of the

Laurentides Wildlife Reserve Réserve faunique des Laurentides (), also known by its former name of parc des Laurentides, is a wildlife reserve in Quebec, Canada, located between Quebec City and the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region. This reserve is part of the network of ...

. Upstream of the port, industrial and urban area, the "rivière à Mars" valley is mainly served by the "Consol Paper road". The "rivière à Mars North West" is served by a few other secondary forest roads for forestry and recreational tourism activities.Open Street Map - Accessed January 20, 2019
/ref> Forestry is the main economic activity in this valley; recreational tourism, second. The surface of the "rivière à Mars North-West" is usually frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, however the safe circulation on the ice is generally made from mid-December to mid-March.

Geography

The main watersheds adjacent to the "rivière à Mars North-West" are: * north side:

, rivière à Pierre,

Lake Ha! Ha! Lake Ha! Ha! is a waterbody tributary of the Ha! Ha! River. It is located in the municipality of Ferland-et-Boilleau, Quebec, in the Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality (MRC), in administrative region of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, i ...

; * east side:

, Goéland lake, Stymphale lake, Goéland stream, Colon lake; * south side: Lac à Mars, "Lac des Bouleaux", "Lac des Pas Perdus", "Grand lac des Enfers", Creek Philippe; * west side: Pikauba Lake,

Cyriac River The Rivière Cyriac (also The Cyriac) is a freshwater tributary feeding the Kenogami Lake, flowing in: * Capitale-Nationale: in the unorganized territory of Lac-Pikauba, Quebec, Lac-Pikauba, in the regional county municipality, MRC of Charlevoix Re ...

, Marchand lake, rivière du Moulin, Hell lake, Georges lake. The "rivière à Mars North-West" rises at the mouth of lac à Mars (length: ; altitude: ) in the

. This source is located at: * east of a mountain peak reaching ; * north of "Lac des Bouleaux"; * west of the course of the

; * east of a bay on Pikauba Lake; * south of the confluence of the northwest Mars river and the

. From its source, the "rivière à Mars North-West" flows on generally towards the north, with a drop of entirely in the forest zone, according to the segments following: * northward, to the outlet (coming from the northwest) of "Lac Cloc-Cloc" and "Petit Lac Cloc-Cloc"; * north to the outlet (coming from the south-east) of Lake Potvin; * north to the outlet (coming from the west) of Lac Marchand; * towards the north, winding up to the stream (coming from the south-east); * towards the north, collecting at the beginning of the segment (i.e. a hundred meters downstream) a stream (coming from the northwest), then the northeast, by unevening and meandering to the outlet of Lac des Écores (coming from the northwest); * first towards the north-east to a bend in the river, then on towards the south-east by winding up to a stream ( coming from the west); * by winding towards the northeast, then towards the east by collecting a stream (coming from the south), to its mouth. The "rivière à Mars North-West" flows in a river loop on the west bank of the

. This confluence is located at: * northeast of "Lac de l'Enfer"; * north-west of Lake Cinto; * north of Lac Marchand; * south-west of

; * south-east of

Kenogami Lake Kenogami lake is a long lake in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of south-central Quebec, Canada. Situated at an altitude of , the lake is long and deep. "Kénogami" means "long lake" in the Montagnais dialect and was originally used to ref ...

; * south of the confluence of the

and Baie des Ha! Ha!; * south-east of downtown

Saguenay (city) Saguenay may refer to: Places in Canada *Saguenay, Quebec, a city *Saguenay River, a major river in Quebec *Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, the region of the Saguenay *Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality (The Saguenay Fjord), Regional Cou ...

. From the confluence of the "rivière à Mars North-West", the current descends the course of the

on generally towards the north, crosses the Baie des Ha! Ha! on northeast, then follows the course of the

Saguenay River __NOTOC__ 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. ...

on east to

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 tw ...

where it merges with the

Saint Lawrence Estuary The estuary of the Saint Lawrence in Quebec, Canada, is one of the largest esturaries in the world. Situation The estuary of the St. Lawrence River is located downstream of the St. Lawrence River and upstream of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. It ...

Toponymy

The toponym “Rivière à Mars Nord-Ouest” is associated with its tributary “Rivière à Mars”. These two names evoke the first pioneer Mars Simard to settle around the 1870s near the

, on the Baie des Ha! Ha!. The toponym “Rivière à Mars Nord-Ouest” appeared on the draft map of Lac Pikauba, 1961-09-15, item 75 and on the draft map of Baie-St-Paul, 1961-06-30, item 251. The toponym "Rivière à Mars Nord-Ouest" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.Commission de toponymie du Québec - Rivière à Mars Nord-Ouest
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References

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Geography

Toponymy

See also

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