The Rivière à la Chute is a tributary of the Sautauriski River, 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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. This watercourse crosses the unorganized territory of Lac-Jacques-Cartier in the MRC

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 ...

and the municipality of

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 ...

, in the MRC of

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 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 valley of the falling river is mainly served on the east side by the route 175 which connects the towns of

and Saguenay. Some secondary roads serve this area for forestry and recreational tourism activities.Open Street Map - Accessed January 18, 2020
/ref> Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second. The surface of the Rivière à la Chute (except the rapids) 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.

Geography

The Rivière à la Chute takes its source from the lake of Quatre Jumeaux (length: ; width: ; altitude: ), located in the unorganized territory of Lac-Jacques-Cartier, in the MRC of

. This lake has an atypical shape, being encased between the mountains. It includes a peninsula attached to the north shore stretching over to the south, and a second peninsula attached to the west shore stretching over north-east. A fire tower was located to the southeast at the top of a mountain, at above sea level. The course of the Fall River looks like a question mark. With the exception of the upper part, the course of the river flows more or less in parallel (east side) to 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 ...

. The course of the river flows over with a drop of . The course of the Chute river flows over with a drop of according to the following segments: * towards the north-west in particular by crossing Lake Perche (length: ; altitude: ) until at its mouth; * to the east by crossing an area of marshland, then branching north especially by crossing Lake Vaucaire (length: ; altitude: ) to its mouth; * towards the northeast by bending to the east to go around a mountain, up to a stream (coming from the north); * towards the south-east in a deep valley, up to the northern limit of the canton of Cauchon; * south in the canton of Cauchon in a deep valley to the outlet (coming from the north) of lac de la Chute; * to the south in a deep valley, up to the southern limit of the canton of Cauchon; * towards the south in a deep valley, by collecting a brook (coming from the northwest), until its mouth.gc.ca/toporama/fr/index.html Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada - Characteristics extracted from the geographic map, the database and the instrumentation of the site - consulted on January 18, 2020.
/ref> The outlet of Rivière à la Chute is located on the northwest bank of the Sautauriski River. From this confluence, the current descends the Sautauriski river for to the south, then follows the course of the

generally south to the north-East shore 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

This toponym appears on various documents, cartographic or other, at least since 1925. The toponym "Rivière à la Chute" 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 la Chute
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Geography

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