The Tawachiche West River is in the Municipality of

Lac-aux-Sables Lac-aux-Sables is a parish municipality in the Mékinac Regional County Municipality (MRC de Mékinac), in administrative district of the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada. Its population centres are Lac-aux-Sables and Hervey ...

. Its mouth is north of the village of Hervey-Jonction), in the administrative region of

Mauricie Mauricie () is a traditional and current administrative region of Quebec. La Mauricie National Park is contained within the region, making it a prime tourist location. The region has a land area of 35,860.05 km² (13,845.64 sq mi) and a popu ...

, in the province of

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 ...

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. Flowing mostly in the

Marmier (township) Marmier township is located in the municipalities of Lac-aux-Sables and Notre-Dame-de-Montauban, in the Mekinac Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Mauricie, on the north shore of Saint Lawrence River, Quebec, Canada. In ...

, its watershed is part of the

Batiscanie Batiscanie is the watershed of the Batiscan River, located in the center of the province of Quebec, Canada, covering 4690 km² on the North Shore of the St. Lawrence River. The area covered by Batiscanie is 53% in the administrative région o ...

, in the area of the MRC Mékinac. The river flows from north-west to south-east to empty into the

Tawachiche River TheTawachiche River flows from north to south for entirely in the territory of the Municipality of Lac-aux-Sables, in Mékinac Regional County Municipality, in Mauricie, in the province of Quebec, Canada. Geography The Tawachiche River waters ...

. Tawachiche West River is entirely in forest areas. The surface of the river is usually frozen from November to April. Annually, the river flow is high during the spring thaw. Since the 18th century, logging was a major economic factor in this wilderness area. Nowadays, camping, resorts and outdoor activities are dominant: hunting, fishing, hiking or all-terrain vehicle riding, snowmobiling, and boating.

Geography

The mouth of the Tawachiche West River is near the reception office of the

ZEC Tawachiche The zec Tawachiche is a ''zone d'exploitation contrôlée'' (controlled harvesting zone) (zec) covering 318 km², of which 310 km² are located in Mékinac Regional County Municipality, in Mauricie, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. ...

. The mouth is from "Lake à l'Auguste", from the dam of "Little Lake Masketsi", from the dam of "Lac Profond" (Deep Lake), from the dam of Lake Terrien and from Lake Missionary. The mouth is from the former Audy railway station and from site of the former sawmill Veillet & Frères Ltée, located downstream on the banks of the

. The Tawachiche West River begins at the mouth of

Lake Masketsi (Mékinac) The Lake Masketsi is located in the unorganized territory of Lac-Masketsi, in the Mekinac Regional County Municipality, in Mauricie, in Quebec, in Canada. Geography Masketsi lake has a maximum length of 4.4 km in the north–south axis ...

, which flows into the Little Lake Masketsi. The outlet of the latter empties into Lake Auguste. In its course, the river on its left bank catches the discharges of "Boileau Lake" and "Vieillotte Lake". From the mouth (near the former Audy railway station), up the stream, the road Tawachiche west generally follows the whole course of the Tawachiche West River. Upwards towards the northwest, the road passes near the "lake à l'Auguste", the "little lake Masketsi", Lake Masketsi (Mékinac) (where it bifurcates near the mouth and moves northward between lakes Masketsi and Roberge), Lake Roberge (it runs along the west side of the lake), Lake Narcisse and Lake Faber. After crossing the lake Faber, Tawachiche west road meets a junction that connects the road Tawachiche is up to the Lake Price. This branch passes near lakes Calau (connected to Lake Suève), Welch, Puce, Lefebvre and "Lake à Mousse".

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Geography

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