The Tremblay river is a tributary of the
rivière aux Anglais
The rivière aux Anglais (''English: River of the Englishmen'') is a tributary of the St. Lawrence River, flowing in the unorganized territory Rivière-aux-Outardes and in the territory of the town Baie-Comeau, in the Manicouagan Regional County ...
flowing in the unorganized territory
Rivière-aux-Outardes, in the
Manicouagan Regional County Municipality
Manicouagan is a regional county municipality in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. It is located on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River with its seat in Baie-Comeau. It was created in 1981, and named after the Manicouagan River.
Su ...
, in the administrative region of
Côte-Nord
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, in the
province
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of
Quebec
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, in Canada.
The Tremblay river valley is mainly served by the English river path.
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The surface of the Tremblay River is generally frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, except the rapids areas; however, safe circulation on the ice is generally from mid-December to mid-March.
Geography
The Tremblay River rises on the Canadian Shield, at Lac Alex (length: ; altitude: ). This eastern forest lake has two outlets: that of the north (at the bottom of a bay) turns out to be the beginning of a stream leading north to the Françoise River; that of the south (at the bottom of a bay) turns out to be the head of the Tremblay river. The southern mouth of Lac Alex is located north of the confluence of the Tremblay and English rivers, northwest of head lake of the Mistassini River and north-west of the confluence of the rivière aux Anglais
The rivière aux Anglais (''English: River of the Englishmen'') is a tributary of the St. Lawrence River, flowing in the unorganized territory Rivière-aux-Outardes and in the territory of the town Baie-Comeau, in the Manicouagan Regional County ...
and the Baie des Anglais on the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
From Lac Alex, the course of the Tremblay river descends on entirely in the forest zone, with a drop of , according to the following segments:
* to the south by first crossing Lake François (length: ; altitude: ) on , to its mouth; then crossing Cousin Lake (length: in T shape; altitude: ) over its full length, to its mouth;
* first east, then south, crossing Shaw Lake (length: S-shaped; altitude: ) over its full length to its mouth;
* first towards the southwest in the marsh area, crossing a small lake; then southeasterly in marsh areas, and crossing a small lake in mid-segment, to the outlet (coming from the east) of Tremblay lake;
* to the south first in the marsh area, then crossing an unidentified lake (length: ; altitude: ), until its mouth;
* first towards the south crossing Euclid Lake (length: ; altitude: ), where the current curve west after having skirted a peninsula, to its mouth located at the bottom of a bay in the southwest. Note: Lake Euclid looks like has four peninsulas which approach towards the center as if to form a misshapen star;
* north-west down the mountain, to its mouth.
Toponym
The term "Tremblay" is a family name of French origin.
The toponym "Tremblay River" was formalized on August 2, 1974, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.
See also
* 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 ...
References
External links
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Rivers of Côte-Nord
Manicouagan Regional County Municipality