Rivière du Sault au Mouton | |
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Location | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Côte-Nord |
RCM | La Haute-Côte-Nord Regional County Municipality |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• elevation | 494 metres (1,621 ft) |
2nd source | Lac de la petite montagne |
• coordinates | 48°40′22″N 69°47′02″E / 48.672855°N 69.783859°E |
Mouth | Estuary of Saint Lawrence |
• location | Longue-Rive |
• coordinates | 48°32′20″N 69°15′09″W / 48.53889°N 69.2525°W |
• elevation | 0 metres (0 ft) |
Length | 60.2 kilometres (37.4 mi) |
Basin size | 1,946 square kilometres (751 sq mi) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | (upstream) Discharge of Lac Guillaume, Castors River (rivière du Sault au Mouton), Black stream, Aux Bœufs lake discharge, Roussel River. |
• right | (upstream) Discharge from Trois Milles lake, Trout stream, discharge from Cajetan lake, discharge from Lac de la Cabine, discharge from a set of lakes. |
The Rivière du Sault au Mouton flows south, on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River, in the unorganized territory of Lac-au-Brochet and the municipality of Longue-Rive, in the La Haute-Côte-Nord Regional County Municipality in the administrative region of Côte-Nord, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. It flows into the estuary of Saint Lawrence at Longue-Rive.
The lower part of the hydrographic slope of the "Sault au Mouton river" is served by the route 138 which crosses it near its mouth. From the village of Sault-au-Mouton, this valley is served by a forest path that goes up to Lake Vaillancourt, passing east of Lake Kergus and east of Lake Trente Milles. From this last lake, a secondary forest road goes up the valley to serve the east of Lac de la Petite Montagne. [1] [2] [3]
Forestry is the main economic activity in this area; second, recreational tourism activities.
The surface of the "Sault au Mouton River" is usually frozen from late November to early April, however safe traffic on the ice generally occurs from mid-December to late March.
The main neighboring hydrographic slopes of the Sault au Mouton river are:
The "Sault au Mouton river" takes its source at the mouth of the "Grand-Mère lake" (length: 0.6 km (0.37 mi); altitude: 494 m (1,621 ft)) in forest zone, in the unorganized territory of Lac-au-Brochet. [1]
From the mouth of "Lac de la Grand-Mère", the course of the "Sault au Mouton river" flows mainly in the forest area over 60.2 km (37.4 mi) according to the following segments:
Upper course of the Sault au Mouton river (30.7 km (19.1 mi) segment)
Lower course of the Sault au Mouton river (segment of 29.5 km (18.3 mi))
The Sault au Mouton river flows over a sandstone (at low tide) up to 2.5 km (1.6 mi) on the west bank of the Saint Lawrence River in the sector Sault-au-Mouton of the municipality of Longue-Rive in the bay of Mille-Vaches which is part of the "Hauts-Fonds de Mille-Vaches". [1] This mouth is located at:
The toponym "Rivière du Sault au Mouton" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec. [2]
Characteristics extracted from the geographic map, database and site instrumentation
Rivière du Sault au Mouton | |
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Location | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Côte-Nord |
RCM | La Haute-Côte-Nord Regional County Municipality |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• elevation | 494 metres (1,621 ft) |
2nd source | Lac de la petite montagne |
• coordinates | 48°40′22″N 69°47′02″E / 48.672855°N 69.783859°E |
Mouth | Estuary of Saint Lawrence |
• location | Longue-Rive |
• coordinates | 48°32′20″N 69°15′09″W / 48.53889°N 69.2525°W |
• elevation | 0 metres (0 ft) |
Length | 60.2 kilometres (37.4 mi) |
Basin size | 1,946 square kilometres (751 sq mi) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | (upstream) Discharge of Lac Guillaume, Castors River (rivière du Sault au Mouton), Black stream, Aux Bœufs lake discharge, Roussel River. |
• right | (upstream) Discharge from Trois Milles lake, Trout stream, discharge from Cajetan lake, discharge from Lac de la Cabine, discharge from a set of lakes. |
The Rivière du Sault au Mouton flows south, on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River, in the unorganized territory of Lac-au-Brochet and the municipality of Longue-Rive, in the La Haute-Côte-Nord Regional County Municipality in the administrative region of Côte-Nord, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. It flows into the estuary of Saint Lawrence at Longue-Rive.
The lower part of the hydrographic slope of the "Sault au Mouton river" is served by the route 138 which crosses it near its mouth. From the village of Sault-au-Mouton, this valley is served by a forest path that goes up to Lake Vaillancourt, passing east of Lake Kergus and east of Lake Trente Milles. From this last lake, a secondary forest road goes up the valley to serve the east of Lac de la Petite Montagne. [1] [2] [3]
Forestry is the main economic activity in this area; second, recreational tourism activities.
The surface of the "Sault au Mouton River" is usually frozen from late November to early April, however safe traffic on the ice generally occurs from mid-December to late March.
The main neighboring hydrographic slopes of the Sault au Mouton river are:
The "Sault au Mouton river" takes its source at the mouth of the "Grand-Mère lake" (length: 0.6 km (0.37 mi); altitude: 494 m (1,621 ft)) in forest zone, in the unorganized territory of Lac-au-Brochet. [1]
From the mouth of "Lac de la Grand-Mère", the course of the "Sault au Mouton river" flows mainly in the forest area over 60.2 km (37.4 mi) according to the following segments:
Upper course of the Sault au Mouton river (30.7 km (19.1 mi) segment)
Lower course of the Sault au Mouton river (segment of 29.5 km (18.3 mi))
The Sault au Mouton river flows over a sandstone (at low tide) up to 2.5 km (1.6 mi) on the west bank of the Saint Lawrence River in the sector Sault-au-Mouton of the municipality of Longue-Rive in the bay of Mille-Vaches which is part of the "Hauts-Fonds de Mille-Vaches". [1] This mouth is located at:
The toponym "Rivière du Sault au Mouton" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec. [2]
Characteristics extracted from the geographic map, database and site instrumentation