The Saint-Michel River is a

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of the municipality of

Saint-Donat Saint-Donat (; Auvergnat: ''Sent Donat'') is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France. See also *Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department The following is a list of the 464 communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department ...

, in the

Matawinie Regional County Municipality Matawinie is a regional county municipality in the region of Lanaudière in southwestern Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Rawdon. The population according to the 2021 Canadian Census was 55,500. Subdivisions There are 27 subdivisions within the RC ...

, in the administrative region of

Lanaudière Lanaudière (, ) is one of the seventeen administrative regions of Quebec, Canada, situated immediately to the northeast of Montreal. It has a total population ( 2016 Census) of 494,796 inhabitants, an increase of 4.9% over the 2011 census. Geogr ...

, in the

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, in

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. The middle and upper part of the Saint-Michel river valley is served by the Chemin du Nordet; the lower part via Régimbald road and Rexfor road.Open Street Map - Accessed May 1, 2020
/ref> Forestry is the main economic activity; recreational tourism, second. The surface of the Saint-Michel river (except the rapids areas) is generally frozen from mid-December to the end of March; safe circulation on the ice is generally done from the end of December to the beginning of March. The water level of the river varies with the seasons and the precipitation.

Geography

The main watersheds adjacent to that of the Saint-Michel river are: * north side: Saint-Martin stream, Saint-Louis lake. * east side: Archambault lake, Ouareau River; * south side: Bride River, Lac de l'Original; * west side: Le Boulé River. The Saint-Michel river rises at the mouth of an unidentified small lake (length: ; altitude: ), located in the municipality of Saint-Donat. From its source, the Saint-Michel river generally flows northwest in the forest zone over according to the following segments: * north-east to Saint-Martin stream (coming from the north); * towards the northeast by forming a loop towards the north, then towards the east, up to the Nordet road; * towards the south-east, collecting a stream (coming from the north) and collecting the discharge (coming from the south) from a small lake, to the discharge (coming from the south -est) of a lake; * south-east, then north, to the outlet (coming from the north-west) of a lake; * towards the northeast, passing by the southeast side of the zoo, then north of a hamlet by forming a loop towards the north, until the confluence of the Saint river -Michel.Atlas of Canada - Department of Natural Resources Canada - Rivière Saint-Michel - Established distance and altitude measurements from the application of the site measurements.
/ref> The Saint-Michel river flows at the bottom of a small bay (surrounded by marshes) on the west shore of Lake Archambault in Saint-Donat. This bay is long until the limit of the last island. The confluence of the Saint-Michel river is located at: * south-west of the village center of

; * south-west of the mouth of Lake Archambault; * south-west of the mouth of Lake Ouareau. From its confluence, the current of the Saint-Michel river crosses Lake Archambault towards the north on passing by the west side of the village of Saint-Donat; then descend successively on south-east to Lake Ouareau; on first towards the south-east crossing Lake Ouareau to Grande Pointe, then north to the mouth of the lake; on following the course of the Ouareau River; on following the course of the

L'Assomption River The Assomption River (in French ''Rivière l'Assomption'', named after the Assumption of Mary) is the most important waterway in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada. It is over long, and has a drainage basin (watershed) of . Its source is th ...

which flows onto the northwest 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 ...

Toponymy

The toponyms Mont Saint-Michel and Rivière Saint-Michel are linked. The toponym Rivière Saint-Michel was formalized on December 5, 1968.Commission de toponymie du Québec - Rivière Saint-Michel
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Notes and references

Appendices

, a municipality * Lake Archambault, a body of water * Ouareau River, a stream *

, a stream *

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

Saint-Donat official site
{{Portal, Rivers Rivers of Lanaudière

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Toponymy

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