Amédée River | |
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Location | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Côte-Nord |
MRC | Manicouagan Regional County Municipality |
City | Baie-Comeau |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Brassard Lake[ citation needed] |
• location | Baie-Comeau |
• coordinates | 49°15′02″N 68°18′31″W / 49.25056°N 68.30861°W |
• elevation | 81 m (266 ft) |
Mouth | Gulf of Saint Lawrence |
• location | Baie-Comeau |
• coordinates | 49°11′11″N 68°14′21″W / 49.18639°N 68.23917°W |
• elevation | 2 m (6.6 ft) |
Length | 10.1 km (6.3 mi) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | (upstream) |
• right | (upstream) Le Petit Bras, Couillard stream, unidentified stream, stream (via Lac Amédée), outlet (via Lac Amédée) from Lac Marcel, outlet (via Lac Amédée) from Lac du Hibou, outlet of three small lakes. |
The Amédée River is a tributary of the St. Lawrence River, crossing the town of Baie-Comeau, in the Manicouagan Regional County Municipality on the Côte-Nord, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.
The eastern part of the Amédée river valley is served by forest roads and indirectly by the Trans-Québec-Labrador road; the lower part, by the route 138. [1]
Besides the urban area (Baie-Comeau sector) at the end of the segment, forestry is the main economic activity in this valley. [2]
The surface of the Amédée River is usually frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, except the rapids areas; however, safe circulation on the ice is generally from mid-December to mid-March.
The Amédée river is named in honor of Amédée Couillard-Després, first manager of the sawmill built at the mouth of the river by Damase and Henri Jalbert in 1898. [3], [4]
The toponym “Amédée river” was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec. [5]
The Amédée River is part of the Manicouagan River watershed. It is supplied by Lake Amédée (length: 2.6 km (1.6 mi); altitude: 81 m (266 ft)) located at 7.9 km (4.9 mi) northwest of downtown town of Baie-Comeau. Lake Amédée is supplied by:
The Amédée river has a free weir-type dam to regulate the water flow. [6] The river ends with falls located near the site named Vieux Poste before emptying into the St. Lawrence River.
The Amédée river flows for 10.1 km (6.3 mi) with a drop of 79 m (259 ft), according to the following segments:
The Amédée river flows at the bottom of a small bay on the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, either:
Characteristics extracted from the geographic map, the database and site instrumentation
Amédée River | |
---|---|
Location | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Côte-Nord |
MRC | Manicouagan Regional County Municipality |
City | Baie-Comeau |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Brassard Lake[ citation needed] |
• location | Baie-Comeau |
• coordinates | 49°15′02″N 68°18′31″W / 49.25056°N 68.30861°W |
• elevation | 81 m (266 ft) |
Mouth | Gulf of Saint Lawrence |
• location | Baie-Comeau |
• coordinates | 49°11′11″N 68°14′21″W / 49.18639°N 68.23917°W |
• elevation | 2 m (6.6 ft) |
Length | 10.1 km (6.3 mi) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | (upstream) |
• right | (upstream) Le Petit Bras, Couillard stream, unidentified stream, stream (via Lac Amédée), outlet (via Lac Amédée) from Lac Marcel, outlet (via Lac Amédée) from Lac du Hibou, outlet of three small lakes. |
The Amédée River is a tributary of the St. Lawrence River, crossing the town of Baie-Comeau, in the Manicouagan Regional County Municipality on the Côte-Nord, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.
The eastern part of the Amédée river valley is served by forest roads and indirectly by the Trans-Québec-Labrador road; the lower part, by the route 138. [1]
Besides the urban area (Baie-Comeau sector) at the end of the segment, forestry is the main economic activity in this valley. [2]
The surface of the Amédée River is usually frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, except the rapids areas; however, safe circulation on the ice is generally from mid-December to mid-March.
The Amédée river is named in honor of Amédée Couillard-Després, first manager of the sawmill built at the mouth of the river by Damase and Henri Jalbert in 1898. [3], [4]
The toponym “Amédée river” was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec. [5]
The Amédée River is part of the Manicouagan River watershed. It is supplied by Lake Amédée (length: 2.6 km (1.6 mi); altitude: 81 m (266 ft)) located at 7.9 km (4.9 mi) northwest of downtown town of Baie-Comeau. Lake Amédée is supplied by:
The Amédée river has a free weir-type dam to regulate the water flow. [6] The river ends with falls located near the site named Vieux Poste before emptying into the St. Lawrence River.
The Amédée river flows for 10.1 km (6.3 mi) with a drop of 79 m (259 ft), according to the following segments:
The Amédée river flows at the bottom of a small bay on the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, either:
Characteristics extracted from the geographic map, the database and site instrumentation