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The Tortue River (french: Rivière Tortue; en, Turtle River) is a river in the Côte-Nord administrative region, in the province of Quebec, Canada. The course of this river successively crosses the RCM of: *
Sept-Rivières Regional County Municipality Sept-Rivières (French for "Seven-Rivers") is a regional county municipality of Quebec, Canada, in the Côte-Nord region. Its county seat is Sept-Îles. The census groups Sept-Rivières RCM with neighbouring Caniapiscau Regional County Municipal ...
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unorganized territory Unorganized territory may refer to: * An unincorporated area in any number of countries * One of the current or former territories of the United States that has not had a government "organized" with an "organic act" by the U.S. Congress * Unorganize ...
of Rivière-Nipissis; * Minganie Regional County Municipality: in unorganized territory of Lac-Jérôme, then the municipality of Rivière-au-Tonnerre. It flows into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. The southern part of the Tortue River watershed is served by the route 138 which runs along the north shore of the
estuary of Saint Lawrence The estuary of the Saint Lawrence in Quebec, Canada, is one of the largest esturaries in the world. Situation The estuary of the St. Lawrence River is located downstream of the St. Lawrence River and upstream of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. It ...
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Location

The river originates from Turtle Lake (length: octopus-shaped; altitude: ). This lake has an island in its center-north. It is fed mainly by: (clockwise) the discharge of a small lake, the discharge (coming from the west) of a group of lakes, the discharge (coming from the north) of a lake, a stream (coming from the north), the discharge (coming from the northeast) of a set of lakes, the discharge (coming from the east) of some lakes. The mouth of Tortue Lake is located west of a bay in
lake Manitou Lake Manitou is the largest lake on Manitoulin Island in Ontario, Canada. With an area of , it is the largest lake on a lake island in the world. It is drained by the Manitou River. There are several small islands in Lake Manitou, such as Rope ...
, east of
lake Nipisso Lake Nipisso (french: Lac Nipisso) is a lake in a remote part of the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. Location Lake Nipisso is in the unorganized territory of Rivière-Nipissis in the Sept-Rivières Regional County Municipality, Côte-Nord. ...
and northwest of the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The river flows more or less in parallel to the west of the Manitou River and to the east of the Bouleau River. The Tortue River flows on towards the south, with a drop of , according to the following segments: Upper course of the Turtle River (segment of ) * first to the south, crossing a lake (altitude: ), then to the southwest; finally, to the south, crossing Lake Eliniore (length: ; altitude: ) to the south-east, to its mouth; * towards the south-east in a deep valley and down the mountain, forming a hook towards the south at the end of the segment, to the confluence of the rivière aux Îlets (coming from the west); Lower course of the Turtle River (segment of ) * first south, curving east, until a bend in the river, corresponding to a stream (coming from the northeast); * first to the south, then to the southeast, to a bend in the river (corresponding to a stream (coming from the east), then to the west, to the confluence of the rivière aux Chutes (coming from the west); * towards the south-west, forming a few streamers, until the confluence of the Petite rivière Tortue (coming from the north-west); Lower course of the Turtle River (segment of ) * towards the south-east, forming a few coils and collecting the discharge (coming from the west) of Lake Fabien, up to the Philippe-Henley stream (coming from the north-east); * towards the southeast, collecting five streams on the northeast side and passing under the route 138 bridge, up to its mouth. The mouth of the Tortue River is in the municipality of Rivière-au-Tonnerre in the Minganie Regional County Municipality. A painted metal bridge carries Quebec Route 138 over the river nears its mouth.


Toponymy

The origin of the name is unknown. It was made official on 5 December 1968. The names of local European settlers are reflected in Moïse Maher Lake, located between the Manitou River and the Tortue River, and in the Ruisseau Philippe Henley, a tributary of the Tortue river.


Basin

Part of the river basin is in the unorganized territories of Rivière-Nipissis and Lac-Jérôme and part in the municipality of Rivière-au-Tonnerre. The river basin covers . It lies between the basins of the
Sault Plat River The Sault Plat River (french: Rivière du Sault Plat) is a river flowing in Rivière-au-Tonnerre, in Minganie Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Côte-Nord, in the province of Quebec, Canada. It empties into the Gulf o ...
to the west and the Manitou River to the east. A map of the ecological regions of Quebec shows the river basin in sub-regions 6j-T and 6m-T of the east spruce/moss subdomain.


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