The Baie des Rochers River is a tributary of the northwest shore of the
St. 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, connecting ...
, flowing into the town of
Saint-Siméon, in the
Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality
Charlevoix-Est is a regional county municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Clermont.
Subdivisions
There are 9 subdivisions within the RCM:
;Cities & Towns (2)
* Clermont
* La Malbaie
;Municipalities (5) ...
, in the
Capitale-Nationale
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administrative region,
Quebec
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,
Canada
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. The course of this river goes through the village of
Baie-des-Rochers before going to the Bay of Rochers, in the
St. 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, connecting ...
.
This small valley is served by the "rue des Tours" and "rue de la Chapelle"; these two roads connect together at
route 138 which goes along the northwest shore of the
St. 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, connecting ...
and passes over the Baie des Rochers River at the village of
Baie des Rochers.
Forestry is the main economic activity of the sector; recreational tourism activities (including resort and tourist activities), second.
The surface of this stream is generally frozen from mid-December to late-March. Nevertheless, safe ice traffic is generally from late December to mid-March.
Geography
The main hydrographic slopes near the "Baie des Rochers river" are:
* North side:
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 ...
;
* East side: Baie des Rochers,
St. 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, connecting ...
;
* South side:
Port aux Quilles River,
Noire River Noire River or Rivière Noire may refer to:
North America
* Grande rivière Noire or Big Black River (Saint John River tributary), in Maine, United States, and Quebec, Canada
* Noire River (L'Assomption River tributary), Matawinie, Lanaudière, Q ...
,
Port au Persil River,
Port au Saumon River;
* West side:
Petit Saguenay River
The Petit Saguenay River is a watercourse flowing in Quebec, Canada, in:
* the unorganized territory of Sagard, Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality, in administrative region of Capitale-Nationale;
* the municipality of Petit-Saguenay, in t ...
.
The Baie des Rochers River rises at the mouth of Baie aux Rochers Lake (altitude: ) in the forest zone. At the edge of this lake, the resort is established around the southeast bay, because of the secondary road that serves this area. From the mouth of Port aux Quilles Lake, the course of the Port aux Quilles River descends by traveling according to the following segments:
* to the north including crossing Long Lake (length: ; altitude: ) over its full length, up to at its mouth;
* eastward, in particular, crossing the Écluse Lake (length: ; altitude: ) and the Lake Carp, to the mouth of the latter. Note: the Écluse lake collects the waters of the Petit Lac Emmuraillé and the Petit Lac à Bec Croche from the north;
* easterly passing under high-voltage wires from Hydro-Québec and collecting the outlet of the lake at Pitre, to the bridge of
route 138 to the village of Baie-des-Rochers;
* to the east by catching the landfill (coming from the north of Gervais lake) and crossing an area of rapids and waterfalls at the end of the route, to the bottom of Baie des Rochers which is open on the
Gulf of St. Lawrence
The Gulf of St. Lawrence () is the outlet of the North American Great Lakes via the St. Lawrence River into the Atlantic Ocean. The gulf is a semi-enclosed sea, covering an area of about and containing about of water, at an average depth of .
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.
Toponymy
This toponym refers to the rocks all around the bay and on "Baie des Rochers Island" which is located in the middle of the bay.
The toponym "Rivière de la Baie des Rochers" was formalized on December 5, 1968 at the Bank of place names of the Commission de toponymie du Quebec.
[Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of place names - Rivière de la Baie des Rochers, accessed December 7, 2019]
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See also
*St. 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, connecting ...
*Saint-Siméon, Capitale-Nationale, Quebec
Saint-Siméon is a municipality in the Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality of Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1869, it was named after Saint Simeon of Jerusalem.
Its population centres include Saint-Siméon, Baie-des-Rochers, Port-au-Persil, ...
, a municipality
* Baie-des-Rochers, a village
*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 Capitale-Nationale
Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality