The rivière à Pierre (English: Pierre's River) is a stream flowing in

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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. It crosses the administrative regions 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 ...

: the Charlevoix Regional County Municipality, in 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 ...

; * Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean: the

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 ...

, in the municipality Ferland-et-Boilleau. The "rivière à Pierre" river valley is served by some forest roads for the needs of forestry and recreational tourism activities.Open Street Map - Accessed January 11, 2019
/ref> Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second. The surface of the "Rivière à Pierre" is usually frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, however the safe circulation on the ice is generally done from mid-December to mid-March.

Geography

The main watersheds neighboring the "Rivière à Pierre" are: * north side: Ha! Ha! River,

Bras d'Hamel The Bras d'Hamel is a stream flowing in the municipality of Ferland-et-Boilleau (MRC of Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality) and in the city of Saguenay (city), in the administrative region of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, in the provin ...

, Bras de Coco, Bras Rocheux,

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. ...

; * east side: Cinto lake, Ha! Ha! River, Cruche River,

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 ...

, Malbaie River; * south side:

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 ...

Rivière à Mars North-West The Rivière à Mars Nord-Ouest is a tributary of the rivière à Mars flowing in the unorganized territory of Lac-Pikauba, in the Charlevoix Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in the province of Que ...

, Goéland Lake, Goéland stream, rivière du Chemin des Canots,

Porc-Épic River The Porc-Épic River is a tributary of the Malbaie River, flowing into the unorganized territory of Lac-Pikauba, in Charlevoix Regional County Municipality, in the Capitale-Nationale administrative region, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. M ...

; * west side: Bras du Diable,

rivière à Mars North-West The Rivière à Mars Nord-Ouest is a tributary of the rivière à Mars flowing in the unorganized territory of Lac-Pikauba, in the Charlevoix Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in the province of Que ...

. The "rivière à Pierre" rises at the mouth of Girard Lake (altitude: ) in the

. This source is located at: * north-east of a curve of the

; * north-west of Lake Cinto; * southwest of the confluence of the "rivière à Pierre" and

; * south of the confluence of

and the mouth of the Baie des Ha! Ha!; From its source (Girard Lake), the course of the "rivière à Pierre" flows over according to the following segments: * east in the

to a bend in the river; * northwards following the foot of a high mountain and crossing "Lac à Pierre" (length: ; altitude: ), then northeasterly to the northern limit of the

; * north-east in the municipality of Ferland-et-Boilleau in a deep valley, to the outlet (coming from the north-west) of a lake; * north to the outlet (coming from the southeast) of "Legal Lake"; * north to the outlet (from the northwest) of a lake; * north-east in a steep valley, to a bend in the river corresponding to the outlet (from the north-west) of a lake; * south-east to its mouth. The Pierre river flows into a small bay on the west shore of

. This mouth is located at: * southwest of the dam at the mouth of

; * south of the village center of Boileau in the municipality of Ferland-et-Boilleau; * south-east of the confluence of the Ha! Ha! River and the 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 ...

; * south-west of the confluence of the

and 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 ...

. From the confluence of the "rivière à Pierre" and

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

on towards the east until

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 Pierre" was formalized on December 5, 1968, by the Commission de toponymie du Québec.Commission de Toponymie du Québec - Bank of place names - Toponym: "Rivière à Pierre
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Geography

Toponymy

Notes and references

See also