The Comporté River is a tributary of the Malbaie River flowing generally southward into the territory of the town of

La Malbaie La Malbaie () is a municipality in the Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality in the Province of Quebec, Canada, situated on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River at the mouth of the Malbaie River. It was formerly known as Murray Bay ...

in the Eastern part of the

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, in

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, in

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. This river has a gap in elevation of . After several series of rapids, waterfalls and falls in forest area, it flows into the Malbaie River between the village of Clermont and the town of La Malbaie. The small valley of the Comporté River is served primarily on the west side of the river by Fraser Falls Road (west side of the river), and on the east side by Rang Sainte-Julie Road, "chemin des loisirs" and the Road Grands-Fonds. Great-Walls, and some other secondary forest roads, for forestry and recreation purposes.OpenstreetmapFund.
/ref> Some trails lead north into the Zec du Lac-au-Sable up to "Lac au Plongeon". Forestry is the main economic activity of the sector, followed by recreational tourism activities. The surface of this stream is generally frozen from mid-December to late-March. Nevertheless, safe ice traffic is generally from late December to mid-March.

Geography

The Comporté River originates from Comporté Lake (length: , altitude: ) located on the north hydrographic slope of the Malbaie River. This lake of the "Outfitter de la Comporté" is located in a forest area in a small valley of mountains. Course of the Comporté River From its source, the Comporté River runs on according to the following segments: * southeasterly, winding up to the Grand-Fonds Road road bridge; * south along the Chemin des Loisirs and past the Mont-Grand-Fonds to the road bridge at chemin de Grand-Fonds; * south along the Chemin des Loisirs in an area with several houses or cottages, the village Grand-Fonds, then crossing two sets of rapids, to the dump (coming from the east) of Gravel Lake; * south through several rounds of rapids or waterfalls, past Butte-à-Julie, crossing a dam, crossing Fraser Falls, skirting a campsite by the side west, passing under Hydro-Québec's high-voltage towers; then by cutting the Chemin de la Vallée and crossing a small municipal park until its confluence with the Malbaie River. The Comporté River flows on the north shore of the Malbaie River, in the town of

la Malbaie La Malbaie () is a municipality in the Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality in the Province of Quebec, Canada, situated on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River at the mouth of the Malbaie River. It was formerly known as Murray Bay ...

, facing route 138. This confluence is located upstream of a curve of the Malbaie River and a west bank campground.

Toponymy

The term "Comporté" evokes the merit of Lieutenant Philippe Gaultier de Comporté (1641-1687) of the Carignan-Salières Regiment arrived at

in 1665. He was military, lord, commissioner of the stores of the king, provost of the , commissioner of the marine, born in 1641 in Comporté, near Poitiers, Philippe Gaultier, sieur of Rinault, and Gillette de Vernon, deceased in Quebec in 1687 and buried in the same place on November 22. The toponym "Comporté River" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Bank of Place Names of the

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.Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of Place Names - Toponyme: Comporté River
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Geography

Toponymy

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See also