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Petite Rivière à L'Ours (Témiscamingue)
The Petite rivière à l'Ours (''English: Little Bear River'') is a tributary of the Ottawa River. La Petite Rivière à l'Ours crosses the unorganized territory Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue, in the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Abitibi-Témiscamingue, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. From the second half of the 19th century, forestry was the predominant economic activity in the sector. Recreational and tourist activities have developed there, especially in the 20th century. Geography The neighboring watersheds of the Petite rivière à l'Ours are: * north side: Fildegrand River; * east side: Fildegrand River, Dumoine River; * south side: Ottawa River; * west side: Rivière à l'Ours, Whitton Lake. Lake Junco (length: ; altitude: ) constitutes the head of the "little Bear river". This body of water is located south and west of the Fildegrand River. From this head lake, the Petite rivière à l'Ours flows zigzagging over to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, second-largest country by total area, with the List of countries by length of coastline, world's longest coastline. Its Canada–United States border, border with the United States is the world's longest international land border. The country is characterized by a wide range of both Temperature in Canada, meteorologic and Geography of Canada, geological regions. With Population of Canada, a population of over 41million people, it has widely varying population densities, with the majority residing in List of the largest population centres in Canada, urban areas and large areas of the country being sparsely populated. Canada's capital is Ottawa and List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dumoine River
The Dumoine River is a river in western Quebec with its source in Machin Lake near La Vérendrye Wildlife Reserve. From Dumoine Lake, the river flows almost due south off the Canadian Shield and empties into the Ottawa River, just west of Rapides-des-Joachims, Quebec, or Rolphton, Ontario. The river is long and drains a watershed of . This relatively short river compared to its drainage area indicates that the Dumoine has a strong current and many steep-gradient rapids. Primarily known today for its white water canoeing and fishing, the river has a rich history from the native Indian era to exploration, fur trade, fur trading, and logging. Development is minimal along the river. Occasionally the river is crossed by logging roads but between river mile, river kilometres 20 and 30 are several cottages. This river is often grouped together with the Noire River (Ottawa River tributary), Noire and Coulonge Rivers as three of a kind. All three are in the same area, have similar charact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commission De Toponymie Du Québec
The Commission de toponymie du Québec (, ''Toponymy Commission of Québec'') is the Government of Québec's public body responsible for cataloging, preserving, making official and publicizing Québec's place names and their origins according to the province's toponymy rules. It also provides recommendations to the government with regard to toponymic changes. Its mandate covers the namings of: * natural geographical features (lakes, rivers, mountains, etc.) * constructed features (dams, embankments, bridges, etc.) * administrative units (wildlife sanctuaries, administrative regions, parks, etc.) * inhabited areas (villages, towns, Indigenous peoples in Canada, Indian reserves, etc.) * roadways (streets, roads, boulevards, etc.) A child agency of the Office québécois de la langue française, it was created in 1977 through jurisdiction defined in the Charter of the French Language to replace the Commission of Geography, created in 1912. See also * Toponymy * Toponym'elles * Offi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivière à L'Ours (Témiscamingue)
The Rivière à l'Ours is a tributary of the east bank of the Ottawa River. The Bear River crosses the unorganized territory Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue, in the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Abitibi-Témiscamingue, in the provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, in Canada. From the second half of 19th century, forestry was the predominant economic activity in the sector. Geography The Drainage basin, watersheds neighbors of the Bear River are: * north side: Montégron lake, Fildegrand River; * east side: Buchoitz River, Petite rivière à l'Ours (Témiscamingue), Petite rivière à l'Ours, Fildegrand River, Buchoitz Lake, Sunday Lake, Hart Lake, Small Lake Bear; * south side: Ottawa River; * west side: Lake Saint-Cirque, outlet of Lake Saint-Cirque. An unnamed lake (length: ; altitude: ) constitutes the head of the Bear River. This body of water is located west of Bois Franc Lake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holden Lake
Holden Lake is a small lake in Timiskaming District, Ontario Ontario is the southernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Located in Central Canada, Ontario is the Population of Canada by province and territory, country's most populous province. As of the 2021 Canadian census, it ..., Canada. See also * List of lakes in Ontario References National Resources Canada Lakes of Timiskaming District {{Canada-lake-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zec Dumoine
The zec Dumoine is a controlled harvesting zone (''French: Zone d'exploitation contrôlée (ZEC)'') located in the unorganized territory of Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue, in the MRC Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Abitibi-Témiscamingue, in Quebec, in Canada. Geography The zec is the fourth largest ZEC in Quebec, with an area of 1500 km2. ZEC Dumoine is located north of the Ottawa River. Its territory is between: * the Zec de Rapides-des-Joachims on the east side. The Dumoine River (flowing to the south) serves as a demarcation between these two ZECs, that is between Lake Laforge (to the north) and the Ottawa River (at the height of Holden Lake); * the zec Restigo and the zec Maganasipi, which are located on the west side. The main lakes of the zec are: "À la Course", Alma, Au Sable, Aux Sangsues, Benwah, Benwah, Burton, Cabazié, Cardinal, Cibardin, Cranberry, Cullin, De l'Alouette, De l'Autour, De la Rifle, Nyctale, Dizon, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitton Lake
The lake Whitton is a lake located near the village of Nantes in Estrie. It is the source of the Noire River, a tributary of Grand lac Saint François and a sub-tributary of the St. Lawrence River. Geography Its maximum approximate depth is , its width is and its length is . Even if the lake is located only a few kilometers from Lake Mégantic and Lake Mckenzie, its outlet flows into the neighboring watershed as far as Grand lac Saint-François, source of the Saint-François River The Saint-François River (, ) is a right tributary of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. Its source is Lake Saint-François in Chaudière-Appalaches, southeast of Thetford Mines. It flows southwest towards Sherbrooke, where it changes .... Tourism The "Chemin du Lac-Whitton" provides access to the lake and is located in an environment of nature and forest. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Whitton, lake Lakes of Estrie Le Granit Regional County Municipality ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivière à L'Ours (Témiscamingue)
The Rivière à l'Ours is a tributary of the east bank of the Ottawa River. The Bear River crosses the unorganized territory Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue, in the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Abitibi-Témiscamingue, in the provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, in Canada. From the second half of 19th century, forestry was the predominant economic activity in the sector. Geography The Drainage basin, watersheds neighbors of the Bear River are: * north side: Montégron lake, Fildegrand River; * east side: Buchoitz River, Petite rivière à l'Ours (Témiscamingue), Petite rivière à l'Ours, Fildegrand River, Buchoitz Lake, Sunday Lake, Hart Lake, Small Lake Bear; * south side: Ottawa River; * west side: Lake Saint-Cirque, outlet of Lake Saint-Cirque. An unnamed lake (length: ; altitude: ) constitutes the head of the Bear River. This body of water is located west of Bois Franc Lake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec
Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, New Brunswick to the southeast and a coastal border with the territory of Nunavut. In the south, it shares a border with the United States. Between 1534 and 1763, what is now Quebec was the List of French possessions and colonies, French colony of ''Canada (New France), Canada'' and was the most developed colony in New France. Following the Seven Years' War, ''Canada'' became a Territorial evolution of the British Empire#List of territories that were once a part of the British Empire, British colony, first as the Province of Quebec (1763–1791), Province of Quebec (1763–1791), then Lower Canada (1791–1841), and lastly part of the Province of Canada (1841–1867) as a result of the Lower Canada Rebellion. It was Canadian Confederation, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provinces And Territories Of Canada
Canada has ten provinces and three territories that are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Constitution of Canada, Canadian Constitution. In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North America—New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the Province of Canada (which upon Confederation was divided into Ontario and Quebec)—united to form a federation, becoming a fully Independence, independent country over the next century. Over its history, Canada's international borders have changed several times as it has added territories and provinces, making it the List of countries and dependencies by area, world's second-largest country by area. The major difference between a Canadian province and a territory is that provinces receive their power and authority from the ''Constitution Act, 1867'' (formerly called the ''British North America Acts, British North America Act, 1867''), whereas territories are federal territories whose governments a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue
Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue (, ) is a large unorganized territory in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec, Canada. With a total area of , it takes up over 60% of the eastern portion of the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality Témiscamingue () is a regional county municipality in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of western Quebec, Canada. The county seat is Ville-Marie. Though Témiscamingue borders Pontiac Regional County Municipality to the south, it is not prac .... The only community in the territory is the hamlet of Lac-Caugnawana (). Until October 31, 2005, Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue and Laniel unorganized territories were part of the Rivière-Kipawa unorganized territory. Demographics See also * List of unorganized territories in Quebec References External links Unorganized territories in Abitibi-Témiscamingue Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality Populated places on the Ottawa River {{AbitibiTémiscamingue-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
