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Rivière Du Milieu (Lanaudière)
The rivière du Milieu (''English: River of the Middle'') flows in the unorganized territory Baie-de-la-Bouteille, in the Matawinie Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Lanaudière, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. The course of the river is entirely in a forest environment. From the end of the XIXth, the economy of the sector was centered on forestry. At XXth, recreational and tourist activities have been highlighted. Geography The Milieu River (Lanaudière) has its source at Lake Hastel ( long, facing south), in the unorganized territory Baie-de-la-Bouteille at of altitude. This lake is surrounded to the west by a mountain with a summit reached , that of the northeast reached and that of the west . The watershed on the northeast side of this lake is the Alexandrine River. Lake Hastel drains mountain lakes all around, including lakes: "de la Pipe", "au Sable" and Laroche. Course downstream from Lake Hastel From the mouth of Lake Hastel (sout ... [...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] |
Lanaudière
Lanaudière (, ) is one of the seventeen administrative regions of Quebec, Canada, situated immediately to the northeast of Montreal. It has a total population ( 2016 Census) of 494,796 inhabitants, an increase of 4.9% over the 2011 census. Geography The region of Lanaudière is part of central Quebec and is located between the Saint Lawrence River and the Laurentian Mountains, between Mauricie and the Laurentides. Lanaudière attracts a good deal of interest from vacationers. Lanaudière's area of stretch northwest from a shoreline of on the Saint Lawrence River. Lanaudière is generally rural, while the urban areas are generally concentrated in the south of the region, such as Repentigny, Terrebonne and Berthierville. The altitude rises as one goes northwards; it is near the Saint Lawrence River to almost at the top of mountains near Saint-Donat and Saint-Zénon. Lanaudière is made up of three distinct geographical groupings: the southern plain has cities and farming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regional County Municipality
The term regional county municipality or RCM (, , MRC) is used in Quebec, Canada to refer to one of 87 county-like political entities. In some older English translations they were called county regional municipality. Regional county municipalities are a supralocal type of regional municipality, and act as the local municipality in Unorganized area#Quebec, unorganized territories within their borders. The system of regional county municipalities was introduced beginning in 1979 to replace the List of former counties of Quebec, historic counties of Quebec. In most cases, the territory of an RCM corresponds to that of a Census geographic units of Canada, census division; however, there are a few exceptions. Some local municipalities are outside any regional county municipality (''hors MRC''). This includes some municipalities within Urban agglomerations in Quebec, urban agglomerations and also some aboriginal lands, such as Indian reserves that are enclaves within the territory of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matawinie Regional County Municipality
Matawinie () is a regional county municipality in the region of Lanaudière in southwestern Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Rawdon. The population according to the 2021 Canadian Census was 55,500. Subdivisions There are 27 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Municipalities (14) * Chertsey * Entrelacs * Notre-Dame-de-la-Merci * Rawdon * Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez * Sainte-Béatrix * Saint-Côme * Saint-Donat * Sainte-Émélie-de-l'Énergie * Saint-Félix-de-Valois * Saint-Jean-de-Matha * Sainte-Marcelline-de-Kildare * Saint-Michel-des-Saints * Saint-Zénon ;Parishes (1) * Saint-Damien ;Unorganized Territory (12) * Baie-Atibenne * Baie-de-la-Bouteille * Baie-Obaoca * Lac-Cabasta * Lac-des-Dix-Milles * Lac-Devenyns * Lac-du-Taureau * Lac-Legendre * Lac-Matawin * Lac-Minaki * Lac-Santé * Saint-Guillaume-Nord ;First Nations reserve (1) * Manawan Demographics Population Language French and Atikamekw are the main languages. Transportation Access Routes H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baie-de-la-Bouteille, Quebec
Baie-de-la-Bouteille () is an unorganized territory in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Matawinie Regional County Municipality. See also *List of unorganized territories in Quebec The following is a list of unincorporated areas (''territoires non organisés'') in Quebec. There are no unorganized territories in the following administrative regions: Centre-du-Québec, Chaudière-Appalaches, Estrie, Laval, Montérégie, Mont ... References External links * Unorganized territories in Lanaudière Matawinie Regional County Municipality {{Quebec-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taureau Reservoir
The Taurus Reservoir is a reservoir in Matawinie, in the administrative region of Lanaudière, Québec, Canada. It is in the Saint Lawrence River drainage basin and is on the Matawin River. Toponymy The reservoir is named after a river rapid that was flooded in 1931 by the damming of Matawin River by Shawinigan Water and Power. The noise of the latter was reminiscent of the bellowing of a bull. Geography This large lake has of banks including many sandy beaches, including the beach of Pointe-fine located at the end of a peninsula that just into the centre of the lake. Sandy shores of "Baie du milieu" (bay of the Middle), and "des Embranchements" and "du Poste" attract wilderness camping and swimming fans. The Matawin River flows into the "Taureau reservoir" on the west side, and resumed its course at the outlet of the lake (eastern side) controlled by the "Matawin dam", erected at the end of the "Bay of the dam" at an altitude of . Taureau reservoir has 45 islands; the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matawin River
Matawin (sometimes referred "Mantawa" or "Mattawin") may refer to: Canada ;Ontario *Matawin River (Ontario) The Matawin River is a river in Thunder Bay District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. It is in the Great Lakes Basin and is a right tributary of the Kaministiquia River. Course The river begins at Swallow Lake and flows south east then east, p ..., in Thunder Bay District ;Quebec References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Maurice River
The Saint-Maurice River (, ; ) is one of the main tributaries of the St. Lawrence River, after the Ottawa River, Ottawa and the Saguenay River, Saguenay Rivers and drains an area of 42,735 km2. It touches the Lac Saint-Jean, Lake Saint John watershed to the north; the Nottaway River watershed, a major tributary of James Bay, to the northwest; and the southwestern tributaries of the Ottawa River. The Saint-Maurice River is located on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. The main tributaries of the Saint-Maurice River are: * Matawin River (Quebec), Matawin River, whose mouth is at Rivière Matawin (Hamlet), Matawin (Hamlet); * Vermillon River (La Tuque) which empties about 23 km, 14 miles (by water) upstream (north) of the Beaumont generating station in La Tuque, Quebec, La Tuque; * Manouane River (La Tuque) which empties about 115 km, 70 miles (by water) upstream (north) of La Tuque, Quebec, La Tuque; * La Trenche River (La Tuque) which empties near ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Lawrence River
The St. Lawrence River (, ) is a large international river in the middle latitudes of North America connecting the Great Lakes to the North Atlantic Ocean. Its waters flow in a northeasterly direction from Lake Ontario to the Gulf of St. Lawrence, traversing Ontario and Quebec in Canada and New York (state), New York in the United States. A section of the river demarcates the Canada–United States border, Canada–U.S. border. As the primary Discharge (hydrology), drainage outflow of the Great Lakes Basin, the St. Lawrence has the List of rivers by discharge, second-highest discharge of any river in North America (after the Mississippi River) and the 16th-highest in the world. The estuary of St. Lawrence, estuary of the St. Lawrence is often cited by scientists as the largest in the world. Significant natural landmarks of the river and estuary include the 1,864 river islands of the Thousand Islands, the endangered whales of Saguenay–St. Lawrence Marine Park, and the limestone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laviolette River
Laviolette can refer to: Places * Laviolette Bridge, linking Trois-Rivières and Bécancour via Autoroute 55 in Quebec, Canada * Laviolette (electoral district), a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada *Asteroid 21550 Laviolette People * Jace LaViolette (born 2003), American baseball player * Jack Laviolette (1879–1960), former National Hockey League player * Jacqueline Laviolette, member of American pop group, Girl Authority * Marc Laviolette, former mayor of Ottawa, Ontario * Peter Laviolette (born 1964), an American former professional ice hockey defenseman and current head coach of the New York Rangers * Sieur de Laviolette The Sieur de Laviolette was the first commander of Trois-Rivières, a Canadian city in Central Quebec. Background The area of Trois-Rivières (Three Rivers), located on the St Lawrence River at the mouth of the St. Maurice River, was first expl ... (''fl.'' 1634–36), the first commandant of Trois-Rivières, Quebec See also * Smol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
