River in Parc national de la Jacques-Cartier 3

The Rivière Cachée is a tributary of the

Jacques-Cartier River The Jacques-Cartier River is a river in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is 161 km long and its source is Jacques-Cartier Lake in Laurentides Wildlife Reserve, and flows in a predominantly southern direction before ending in the Saint Lawr ...

, flowing in the administrative region of

Capitale-Nationale Capitale-Nationale (; ) is one of the 17 administrative regions of Quebec. It is anchored by the provincial capital, Quebec City, and is largely coextensive with that city's metropolitan area. It has a land area of 18,684.78 km2. It reported ...

, in

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. The course of the river crosses the unorganized territory of Lac-Jacques-Cartier in the

La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality La Côte-de-Beaupré () is a regional county municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Château-Richer. Its most populous community is the municipality of Boischatel. Subdivisions There are 11 subdivisions withi ...

, as well as the township municipality unis de

Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury is a united township municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the regional county municipality of La Jacques-Cartier north of Quebec City. Its main attraction is the Stoneham Mountain Resort. The larg ...

, located in the MRC

La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality La Jacques-Cartier () is a regional county municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is in Shannon. It is named after the Jacques-Cartier River which runs through it and takes its source in its upper country. Sub ...

. The course of the river flows entirely in a forest zone in the

Jacques-Cartier National Park Jacques-Cartier National Park (, ) is a provincial park located north of Quebec City. The park aims to protect wildlife in the Laurentian massif. It lies within the Eastern forest-boreal transition ecoregion. History The Montagnais and the Hur ...

which is affiliated with the

Société des établissements de plein air du Québec The ''Société des établissements de plein air du Québec'' (, ''Quebec Outdoor Establishments Company''), also known as ''Sépaq'', is the agency of the Government of Quebec that manages parks and wildlife reserves. Sépaq falls under the auth ...

(Sépaq). The Cachée river valley is mainly served by the route 175 which links the towns of

and Saguenay. A few secondary roads serve this area for forestry and recreational tourism activities.Open Street Map - Accessed February 1, 2020
/ref> Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second. The surface of the Cachée River (except the rapids areas) is generally frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March; safe circulation on the ice is generally done from the end of December to the beginning of March. The water level of the river varies with the seasons and the precipitation; the spring flood occurs in March or April.

Geography

The Cachée river draws its source from Lac Caché (length: ; altitude: ), located in the unorganized territory of Lac-Jacques-Cartier, in the

Laurentides Wildlife Reserve Réserve faunique des Laurentides (), also known by its former name of parc des Laurentides, is a List of protected areas of Quebec, wildlife reserve in Quebec, Canada, located between Quebec City and the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region. This r ...

(at the eastern limit of

), in the MRC of

. This head lake is located between two mountains, on the southern slope of the watershed with the hydrographic slope of the

Montmorency River The Montmorency River () is a tributary of North-East bank of St. Lawrence river, flowing in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in the provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, Canada. The course of the river successiv ...

. The Cachée River drains a catchment area of . From the mouth of the Cachée, the course of the Cachée river descends on towards the southwest generally up to the

with a drop of according to the following segments: * to the south in a deep valley, forming a loop to the northwest and another to the east, up to the two bridges of the route 175; * to the south in a deep valley, more or less along route 175 to Bureau stream (coming from the east), * to the south in a deep valley, more or less along route 175, up to the hamlet "Barrière-de-Stoneham"; * to the southwest in a deep valley, more or less along route 175 to Taché stream (coming from the southeast); * to the west almost entirely in the rapids zone with a drop of in this segment by crossing numerous rapids and forming a hook towards the south west to its mouth.Atlas of Canada, Department of Natural Resources Canada
/ref> The Cachée river flows on the east bank of the

, south of the Montagne de l'Épaule and opposite the Montagne de la Cachée. Facing this confluence, the hamlet Rivière-Cachée is located on the south bank of the Cachée river and on the east side of the Jacques-Cartier river. From this confluence, the current descends the

for generally south to the northeast bank of the

St. 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. Lawren ...

Toponymy

The 1852 map of provincial surveyor Frederic William Blaiklock mentions "River Caché". The traditional indigenous variant of the toponym is Taontaraseti, the name the Wendats use to speak of the Hidden River. The toponym "Rivière Cachée" was formalized on December 5, 1968 at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.Commission de toponymie du Québec - Rivière à l'Épaule
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Notes and references

Bibliography

* . {{DEFAULTSORT:Cachee, river Rivers of Capitale-Nationale La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality Laurentides Wildlife Reserve

Geography

Toponymy

See also

Notes and references

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