The Cavée River is a freshwater tributary of the

Rivière Jacques-Cartier Nord-Ouest The Jacques-Cartier North-West River is a watercourse tributary of Jacques-Cartier River, located in the unorganized territory of Lac-Jacques-Cartier, in the La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capit ...

that flows in the unorganized territory of Lac-Jacques-Cartier. It flows through 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 ...

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

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 ...

. Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector, followed by recreational tourism. The surface of the Cavée River (except the rapids zones) is generally frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, but the safe circulation on the ice is generally made from the end of December to the beginning of March.

Geography

The main watersheds near the Cavée river are: * north side: Gratia stream,

Rivière aux Écorces du Milieu The rivière aux Écorces du Milieu is a tributary of the rivière aux Écorces, flowing in the unorganized territories of Lac-Jacques-Cartier, the La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Natio ...

, Métabetchouane East River; * east side:

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 ...

, Launière River; * south side:

, Petit lac Jacques-Cartier; * west side: Métabetchouane East River,

Métabetchouane River The Metabetchouan River (French: ''Métabetchouane'') is a tributary of Lac Saint-Jean in the centre of the province of Quebec, Canada. The course of this river successively crosses the regional county municipalities (MRC) of: * La Jacques-Cartie ...

. The Cavée river has its source at Rieutard Lake (length: ; altitude: , located in the unorganized territory of Lac-Jacques-Cartier, in the

This lake receives water from the eastern side of the discharge of a set of lakes (Mérillon, Dugas, de la Rocaille, Hardy, Joug and Dan). From the mouth of Rieutard Lake, the Cavée River flows over , with a total drop of , according to the following segments: Upper course of the Cavée river (segment of ) * south in a steep valley, to the north shore of Lac Lavigne; * southwards crossing Lavigne lake (length: ; altitude: ) and Dahous lake (length: ), up to the dam at its mouth. Note: Lac Lavigne receives the discharge (coming from the west) from lakes Gerbec, Ianus, Intermediate, Debous and Jax); it receives from the east the discharge of lakes Millet, from above, Augustin and Nickie; it also receives from the southwest the outlet of Lake Nere; * to the south, crossing Lac Soucy (altitude: ) on , to the dam at its mouth; * south across Chagnon Lake (altitude: ) on , to its mouth; Lower course of the Cavée river (segment of ) * south across Lake Bakys (altitude: ) on , to the dam at its mouth; * to the south, up to a bend in the river; * towards the south by forming a loop towards the east, up to the outlet (coming from the west) of lakes Léo, Petit lac Léo and Bill; * south to its mouth.Departmental Atlas of Canada of Canada's Natural Resources - Characteristics extracted from the geographic map, the database and the site's instrumentation - consulted on January 5, 2020.
/ref> From the confluence of the Cuvée river, the current follows the course of the

on , the course of the

on to the south the northeast bank of the

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. Lawrenc ...

Toponymy

The toponym "Rivière Cavée" was formalized on December 5, 1968 at the Place Names Bank of the

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 th ...

.Commission de toponymie du Québec - Rivière Cavée
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Geography

Toponymy

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