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The rivière Trois Milles (''English: Three Mile River'') is a tributary of Lake Saint-Georges (which is crossed by the Gamache River), flowing in the municipality of
L'Île-d'Anticosti ; moe, Notiskuan; mic, Natigostec , sobriquet = , image_name = RiviereHuileAnticosti.jpg , image_caption = Salmon fisherman on Rivière à l'Huile , image_map ...
, in the
Minganie Regional County Municipality Minganie is a regional county municipality in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. It includes Anticosti Island. Its seat is Havre-Saint-Pierre, Quebec, Havre-Saint-Pierre. It has an area of according to Quebec's ''Ministère des Affaires ...
, in the administrative region of
Côte-Nord Côte-Nord (, ; ; land area ) is the second-largest administrative region by land area in Quebec, Canada, after Nord-du-Québec. It covers much of the northern shore of the Saint Lawrence River estuary and the Gulf of Saint Lawrence past Tadous ...
, in
province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...
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 ...
, in Canada. The main forest road on Anticosti Island that starts from Port-Menier goes up this valley and cuts the river just south of Princeton Lake. Airport operations are the main economic activity in this valley.


Geography

The Trois Milles River has its source at Princeton Lake (length: ; altitude: ) located in the western part of
Anticosti Island ; moe, Notiskuan; mic, Natigostec , sobriquet = , image_name = RiviereHuileAnticosti.jpg , image_caption = Salmon fisherman on Rivière à l'Huile , image_map ...
. Princeton Lake is fed by a stream (coming from the north). The mouth of this lake is located at the end of the bay on the south shore, at: * north-east of one of the runways at Port-Menier airport; * north of the town center of the village of
Port-Menier Port-Menier, Quebec is a small fishing town located on the western end of Anticosti Island, Quebec, Canada, part of the L'Île-d'Anticosti municipality. The port village was built during the late 19th century by French chocolate maker Henri Meni ...
; * south-east of the north shore of Anticosti Island. From its source, the Trois Milles river flows south-west between the Gamache river (located on the west side); and the rivière aux Canards (located on the east side). From the mouth of Princeton Lake, the course of the Trois Milles River descends on , with a drop of , according to the following segments: * towards the south, up to a bend in the river (coming from the northeast); * towards the south-west in a relatively straight line, passing to the south-east of the Port-Menier airport and passing under the bridge of the road leading to the airport, until 'at its mouth. This confluence is located at east of the Pointe aux Pointe-Ouest point of Anticosti Island, at southeast of the shore north of the island and north of Gamache Bay. The Trois Milles River empties onto the northeast shore of Lac Saint-Georges, which in turn empties into Gamache Bay which is connected to the Gulf of St. Lawrence.


Toponymy

This toponymic designation is based on the fact that the road leading to the airport crosses this watercourse three miles from the center of the village of Port-Menier. The toponym "Rivière Trois Milles" was made official on September 12, 1974, at the "Banque des noms de lieux" de la
Commission de toponymie du Québec The Commission de toponymie du Québec (English: ''Toponymy Commission of Québec'') is the Government of Québec's public body responsible for cataloging, preserving, making official and publicize Québec's place names and their origins according ...
.Commission de toponymie du Québec - Trois Milles River


See also

*
Minganie Regional County Municipality Minganie is a regional county municipality in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. It includes Anticosti Island. Its seat is Havre-Saint-Pierre, Quebec, Havre-Saint-Pierre. It has an area of according to Quebec's ''Ministère des Affaires ...
*
L'Île-d'Anticosti ; moe, Notiskuan; mic, Natigostec , sobriquet = , image_name = RiviereHuileAnticosti.jpg , image_caption = Salmon fisherman on Rivière à l'Huile , image_map ...
, a
Municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
*
Anticosti Island ; moe, Notiskuan; mic, Natigostec , sobriquet = , image_name = RiviereHuileAnticosti.jpg , image_caption = Salmon fisherman on Rivière à l'Huile , image_map ...
, an island *
Gulf of Saint Lawrence , image = Baie de la Tour.jpg , alt = , caption = Gulf of St. Lawrence from Anticosti National Park, Quebec , image_bathymetry = Golfe Saint-Laurent Depths fr.svg , alt_bathymetry = Bathymetry ...
*
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 ...


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Trois Milles, river Rivers of Côte-Nord Anticosti Island Minganie Regional County Municipality