The Sainte-Marguerite River is a river flowing in the unorganized territory of Mont-Valin,

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

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, in

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. This river is a tributary 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. T ...

Toponymy

The name appeared on the map of the domain of the king's father Laure in 1731. It is also applied to the bay and cape located near its mouth

Geography

Courses

Sainte-Marguerite River begins its course of in

Sainte-Marguerite Lake Sainte-Marguerite is French language, French for Saint Margaret and may refer to the following places: Belgium * Sint-Margriete, a section of Sint-Laureins in East Flanders province Canada * Sainte-Marguerite, Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec, nort ...

at an altitude of . This lake is recuperating water of many water bodies at West of Mont-Valin (), in the

zec Martin-Valin The Zec Martin-Valin is a "zone d'exploitation contrôlée" (controlled harvesting zone) (ZEC), located in the Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality, in administrative region of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, in Quebec, in Canada. Created ...

. Then, the river flows in north-westerly direction for a few kilometers before turning southwest on and turns sharply to the southeast. It then goes along the

on about . In final step of it course, the river turn toward South-West for a final before flowing into the

Sainte-Marguerite Bay Sainte-Marguerite is French for Saint Margaret and may refer to the following places: Belgium * Sint-Margriete, a section of Sint-Laureins in East Flanders province Canada * Sainte-Marguerite, Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec, northeast of Montrea ...

at sea level. The entry of this bay (with a length of and of maximum width) is located at (by the river) upstream of the

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 t ...

ferry. The main tributaries are "la Petite rivière Sainte-Marguerite nord-est", "la rivière Valin" and "le Bras des Murailles" (including it tributary "le ruisseau Couture"). The main creeks which are tributaries of "Sainte-Marguerite River" are: Barre, Épiphanie, Épinette and "de la Cage". The course of Sainte-Marguerite River cross many rapids, such as (from the upper part of the river): * "Le Rapide Vert", located at at the north-west of "Montagne Brulée (); * "Le Grand rapide", located at north-west of the "Montagne de Bardsville" (); in front, on north side of the river, the "Mont Arthur-Leblanc" is topping the sector at ; * "Rapide de la Montagne", located at about at north-east of the "Montagne du Bras Morin" ().

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sainte-Marguerite, river Rivers of Côte-Nord Geography of Saguenay, Quebec Rivers of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean

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