The rivière à Pierre (English: Pierre's River) is a stream flowing in

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. It crosses the administrative regions of: *

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: the

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, in the

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; *

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, in the municipality Ferland-et-Boilleau. The "rivière à Pierre" river valley is served by some forest roads for the needs of forestry and recreational tourism activities.Open Street Map - Accessed January 11, 2019
/ref> Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second. The surface of the "Rivière à Pierre" is usually frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, however the safe circulation on the ice is generally done from mid-December to mid-March.

Geography

The main watersheds neighboring the "Rivière à Pierre" are: * north side: Ha! Ha! River, Bras d'Hamel, Bras de Coco, Bras Rocheux,

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; * east side: Cinto lake, Ha! Ha! River, Cruche River,

Lake Ha! Ha! Lake Ha! Ha! (, ) is a waterbody tributary of the Ha! Ha! River. It is located in the municipality of Ferland-et-Boilleau, Quebec, in the Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality (MRC), in administrative region of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jea ...

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; * south side: rivière à Mars,

Rivière à Mars North-West The Rivière à Mars Nord-Ouest is a tributary of the rivière à Mars flowing in the unorganized territory of Lac-Pikauba, in the Charlevoix Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in the province of Que ...

, Goéland Lake, Goéland stream, rivière du Chemin des Canots,

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; * west side: Bras du Diable, rivière à Mars,

rivière à Mars North-West The Rivière à Mars Nord-Ouest is a tributary of the rivière à Mars flowing in the unorganized territory of Lac-Pikauba, in the Charlevoix Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in the province of Que ...

. The "rivière à Pierre" rises at the mouth of Girard Lake (altitude: ) in the

. This source is located at: * north-east of a curve of the rivière à Mars; * north-west of Lake Cinto; * southwest of the confluence of the "rivière à Pierre" and

; * south of the confluence of

and the mouth of the Baie des Ha! Ha!; From its source (Girard Lake), the course of the "rivière à Pierre" flows over according to the following segments: * east in the

to a bend in the river; * northwards following the foot of a high mountain and crossing "Lac à Pierre" (length: ; altitude: ), then northeasterly to the northern limit of the

; * north-east in the municipality of Ferland-et-Boilleau in a deep valley, to the outlet (coming from the north-west) of a lake; * north to the outlet (coming from the southeast) of "Legal Lake"; * north to the outlet (from the northwest) of a lake; * north-east in a steep valley, to a bend in the river corresponding to the outlet (from the north-west) of a lake; * south-east to its mouth. The Pierre river flows into a small bay on the west shore of

. This mouth is located at: * southwest of the dam at the mouth of

; * south of the village center of Boileau in the municipality of Ferland-et-Boilleau; * south-east of the confluence of the Ha! Ha! River and the Baie des Ha! Ha!; * south-east of downtown Saguenay (city); * south-west of the confluence of the

and 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 ...

. From the confluence of the "rivière à Pierre" and

, the current follows the course of the Ha! Ha! River on generally towards the north, crosses the Baie des Ha! Ha! on towards the northeast, then follows the course of the

on towards the east until

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where it merges with the

Saint Lawrence Estuary The St. Lawrence River Estuary is an estuary at the mouth of the St. Lawrence River. It stretches 655 km from west to east, from the outlet of Lake Saint Pierre to Pointe-des-Monts, where it becomes the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in Quebec, Canada. ...

Toponymy

The toponym "Rivière à Pierre" was formalized on December 5, 1968, by the

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.Commission de Toponymie du Québec - Bank of place names - Toponym: "Rivière à Pierre
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Geography

Toponymy

Notes and references

See also