The Saint-Jean River (St. John River) is a river crossing the municipalities of
Rivière-Éternité and
L'Anse-Saint-Jean in 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.
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Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean,
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The upper portion of the Saint John River is integrated into
Zec du Lac-Brébeuf, a
controlled harvesting zone
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(ZEC).
The Saint-Jean River is served primarily by
route 170 (east-west), which passes through the hamlets "Le Ruisseau-du-Portage" and "La Chute-à-Salum". Some other secondary forest roads serve the lake area mainly for forestry and recreational tourism purposes.
Forestry is the main economic activity of the sector; recreational tourism activities, second.
The surface of the Saint John River is usually frozen from late November to early April (except in rapids areas), however, safe ice movement is generally from mid-December to late March.
Geography
Three watersheds drain the territory of
Zec du Lac-Brebeuf, which are the Saint-Jean rivers and its tributaries,
Cami and
Catin.
The Saint John River rises at the mouth of
Brébeuf Lake. This lake has a length of divided into three parts, a maximum width of , an altitude of and an area of .
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The mouth of the lake is located in a small bay on the east side of the lake, at:
* south of Éternity Lake;
* south-east of the village center of Saint-Félix-d'Otis;
* southeast of a bay of the ]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. ...
;
* northeast of Lake Ha! Ha!
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;
* southeast of the confluence of the Saint John River and the 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. ...
;
* south-east of downtown Saguenay (city)
Saguenay may refer to:
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*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 downtown 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 ...
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The course of the Saint John River flows over generally to the northeast, according to the following segments:
* northeasterly in a marsh zone to the confluence (coming from the south) of the ]rivière à la Catin
The rivière à la Catin is a tributary of the Cami River, flowing in the municipality of L'Anse-Saint-Jean and Rivière-Éternité, in the Fjord-du-Saguenay, in the administrative region of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, in the province from Que ...
;
* north-east crossing series of rapids and forming a hook to the north, until bras à Pierre (coming from the south);
* north-east to the outlet (coming from the west) of Emmuraillé Lake, near the hamlet "La Vallée-d'Amont";
* northeasterly to the stream at Denis;
* north to Girard Brook (coming from the west);
* easterly forming a W at the end of the segment, to the brook of Portage (coming from the south), located in the village of "Le Ruisseau-du-Portage";
* northerly forming a northwesterly loop to the village of "Ruisseau-à-Venant", crossing several sets of rapids and forming three loops to the west, then forming a last great loop eastward to the village of L'Anse-Saint-Jean, to its mouth.[
The mouth of the Saint John River flows to the bottom of Anse Saint-Jean in the village of L'Anse-Saint-Jean on the south shore of the ]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. ...
. This mouth is located at:
* east of the summit (altitude: ) of the Orange Mountain;
* south of the north shore of the 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. ...
(at the level of Portage Cove);
* north of the village center of "Le Ruisseau-du-Portage";
* west of 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 ...
;
* east of 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 ...
.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. ...
on to the east where flows into 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 ...
at 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 ...
.
Toponymy
The toponym "Rivière Saint-Jean" appears as early as 1731 in Louis Aubert's Journal de Lachesnaye (transcript of Serge Goudreau). His writing appears in the form of "Riviere de l'anse S in Jean" and "Riviere S in Jean": "I entered the river of the ance S in Jean St jean" in the manuscriptin the favor of the high pond /.../ When entering the river S in Jean St jean" in the manuscript I made /.../" 5 August 1731 The toponym "Rivière St-Jean" appears in the 1893 report of land surveyor William Tremblay.
The toponym "Saint-Jean River" (Saguenay) was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.Commission de toponymie du Quebec - Saint Jean River (Saguenay)
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* 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.
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* Rivière-Éternité, a municipality
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* L'Anse-Saint-Jean, a municipality
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* Zec du Lac-Brébeuf, a controlled harvesting zone
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(zec)
* Brébeuf Lake
* Cami River
The Cami river is a tributary of the Saint-Jean River, flowing in the municipality of Lalemant, Hébertville-Station and Rivière-Éternité, in the Fjord-du-Saguenay, in the administrative region of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, in the province ...
, a watercourse
* Rivière à la Catin
The rivière à la Catin is a tributary of the Cami River, flowing in the municipality of L'Anse-Saint-Jean and Rivière-Éternité, in the Fjord-du-Saguenay, in the administrative region of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, in the province from Que ...
, a watercourse
* Bras à Pierre, a watercourse
* Saint-Jean Bay, a bay
* List of rivers of Quebec
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