The L'Abbé river is a tributary of the east bank of the

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 ...

, flowing in the municipalities of Saint-André-du-Lac-Saint-Jean and Chambord, in the

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, in the administrative region of

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, in the

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, in

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. Forestry is the main economic activity in this area; recreational tourism, second. The surface of the L'Abbé River (except the rapids zones) is usually frozen from the end of November to the beginning of April, however the safe circulation on the ice is generally done from mid-December to the end of March.

Geography

The main watersheds adjacent to the L'Abbé River are: *North side:

, MacDonald River,

Lac Saint-Jean Lac Saint-Jean (, ) is a large, relatively shallow lake in south-central Quebec, Canada, in the Laurentian Highlands. It is situated north of the Saint Lawrence River, into which it drains via the Saguenay River. It covers an area of , and is ...

; *East side:

la Belle Rivière The Belle Rivière is a tributary of Lac Saint-Jean, flowing the unorganized territory of Belle-Rivière and in the municipalities of Hébertville and Saint-Gédéon, in the Lac-Saint-Jean-Est Regional County Municipality, in the administrative r ...

, Couchepaganiche River; *South side:

, rivière à la Carpe; *West side:

, Grande rivière Désir, Bruyante River, Prudent River. The L'Abbé River rises at the mouth of Lac L'Abbé (length:; altitude: ). This lake, entirely surrounded by forest, has a marsh area near the mouth. From its source, the course of the L'Abbé river descends on , with a drop in level of . The first segment is in length and flows north to a stream. Then, it flows over a length of towards the northwest, to its mouth, located on the east bank of the

in the middle of a rapid zone, facing an island and upstream of the mouth of the Grande Désir river. From the confluence of the L'Abbé river, the current descends the

to the north on crossing Martine Falls, to the south shore of

; from there, the current crosses the latter on towards the northeast, then borrows the course of the

Saguenay River __NOTOC__ The Saguenay River (, ) is a major river of Quebec, Canada. It drains Lac Saint-Jean in the Laurentian Highlands, leaving at Alma and running east; the city of Saguenay is located on the river. It drains into the Saint Lawrence River. ...

via

la Petite Décharge La Petite Décharge is the name of one of the two emissaries of lac Saint-Jean, the other being the La Grande Décharge. This river flows south of Alma Island, on the northwest shore of St. Lawrence River, in the town of Alma, in the Lac-Saint- ...

on until

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where it merges with the

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Toponymy

The toponym Rivière L'Abbé 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 L'Abbé
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