Faucher River

The surrounding hydrographic slopes of the Faucher River are:

• north side: Gouin Reservoir, Mattawa Bay, Flapjack River, Adolphe-Poisson Bay, Saraana Bay;
• east side: Tessier Lake (Gouin Reservoir), Oskélanéo River, Oskélanéo Lake, Mistatikamekw River;
• south side: Snow Lake, Brouillard Lake, , , Tamarac River (Gatineau River);
• west side: Bull Lake, Tamarac River (Gatineau River), Flapjack River, Provancher Creek, Mégiscane River.

The Faucher River originates at the mouth of an unidentified lake (length: 1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi) altitude: 436 metres (1,430 ft)) surrounded by marshes. The mouth of this head lake is located at:

• 6.0 kilometres (3.7 mi) northwest of the village center of Clova, Quebec;
• 10.3 kilometres (6.4 mi) west of the mouth of the Faucher River;
• 15.9 kilometres (9.9 mi) south-west of the mouth of Tessier Lake (Gouin Reservoir);
• 22.3 kilometres (13.9 mi) South of the mouth of the Tessier Lake (Gouin Reservoir) outlet;
• 38.6 kilometres (24.0 mi) south of the mouth of the Saraana Bay;
• 65.3 kilometres (40.6 mi) south-west of the village center of Obedjiwan, Quebec (located on a peninsula on the north shore of Gouin Reservoir);
• 97.8 kilometres (60.8 mi) southwest of the erected at the mouth of the Gouin Reservoir (confluence with the Saint-Maurice River).^[2]

From the mouth of the head lake, the course of the Faucher River flows over 30.9 kilometres (19.2 mi) according to the following segments:

• 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) to the south, in particular crossing Baril Lake (length: 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi); altitude: 425 metres (1,394 ft)) to its mouth;
• 5.6 kilometres (3.5 mi) southerly to the outlet (from the southwest) of Lake Gregoire, then easterly to the west shore of Lake Duchamp;
• 5.3 kilometres (3.3 mi) northeasterly across Lake Duchamp (elevation: 415 metres (1,362 ft)) on its full length, to its mouth;
• 1.1 kilometres (0.68 mi) easterly forming a southwesterly curve to the south shore of Buies Lake;
• 6.7 kilometres (4.2 mi) to the North, first crossing the Buies Lake (length: 5.2 kilometres (3.2 mi); altitude: 412 metres (1,352 ft)), up to at the southern limit of the canton of Provancher;
• 3.3 kilometres (2.1 mi) north-east in Provancher and Achintre township across Lake Jaux (length: 3.8 kilometres (2.4 mi); altitude: 410 metres (1,350 ft)), to its mouth;
• 5.0 kilometres (3.1 mi) southerly across Faucher Lake (length: 5.6 kilometres (3.5 mi); altitude: 410 metres (1,350 ft)), to its mouth. Note: Lake Faucher straddles the townships of Achintre and Faucher;
• 1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi) East to Faucher Township to the mouth of the river.^[3]

The mouth of the Faucher River is located at:

• 4.7 kilometres (2.9 mi) south of the Canadian National Railway) which passes on the south shore of Tessier Lake (Gouin Reservoir);
• 12.7 kilometres (7.9 mi) south of the mouth of Tessier Lake (Gouin Reservoir);
• 21.5 kilometres (13.4 mi) south-east of the mouth of the Tessier Lake (Gouin Reservoir);
• 59.9 kilometres (37.2 mi) south of the village center of Obedjiwan, Quebec which is located on a peninsula on the north shore of Gouin Reservoir;
• 89 kilometres (55 mi) south-west of Gouin Dam;
• 114 kilometres (71 mi) west of the village center of Wemotaci, Quebec (north shore of the Saint-Maurice River);
• 202.6 kilometres (125.9 mi) north-west of downtown La Tuque.^[4]

The mouth of the Faucher River merges with the west shore of the southern part of Lake Tessier. From there, the current flows over 170.9 kilometres (106.2 mi) until , according to the following segments:

• 18.3 kilometres (11.4 mi) to the North crossing the Tessier Lake (Gouin Reservoir);
• 17.7 kilometres (11.0 mi) to the North via the discharge of Tessier Lake (Gouin Reservoir);
• 53.0 kilometres (32.9 mi) northeasterly, crossing Mattawa Bay and the western portion of Gouin Reservoir to the height of Obedjiwan, Quebec Village;
• 81.9 kilometres (50.9 mi) to the East, crossing the Marmette Lake, then to the South-East crossing in particular the Brochu Lake then to the East crossing the Kikendatch Bay until Gouin Dam.

From this dam, the current flows along the Saint-Maurice River to Trois-Rivières.

• Saint-Maurice River
• Gouin Reservoir, a body of water
• Kikendatch Bay, a body of water
• Brochu Lake, a body of water
• , a body of water
• McSweeney Lake, a body of water
• Marmette Lake, a body of water
• Du Mâle Lake, a body of water
• Saraana Bay, a body of water
• La Tuque, a city
• Clova, Quebec, a village
• List of rivers of Quebec