Rivière du Mont Saint-Étienne
| Rivière du Mont Saint-Étienne | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Capitale-Nationale |
| Regional County Municipality | La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality |
| Municipality | Lac-Jacques-Cartier, Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Deuxième lac Lunch |
| • location | Lac-Jacques-Cartier |
| • coordinates | 47°14′21″N 70°56′56″W / 47.23913°N 70.94890°W |
| • elevation | 753 m |
| Mouth | Sainte-Anne River (Beaupré) |
• location | Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges |
• coordinates | 47°11′03″N 70°48′36″W / 47.18417°N 70.81°WCoordinates: 47°11′03″N 70°48′36″W / 47.18417°N 70.81°W |
• elevation | 324 m |
| Length | 180 km (110 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | (Upward from the mouth) Discharge from an unidentified lake, unidentified stream, discharge from an unidentified lake, three unidentified streams. |
| • right | (Upward from the mouth) Three unidentified streams, Southwest Arm of the Rivière du Mont Saint-Étienne, five unidentified streams, outlet of Lac Coeur, unidentified stream, stream (via Second Lynch Lake). |
The rivière du Mont Saint-Étienne (English: Mont Saint-Etienne river) is a tributary of the Sainte-Anne river, flowing on the north bank of the Saint Lawrence River, in the unorganized territory of Lac-Jacques-Cartier and the municipality of Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges, in the La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.
The lower part of this small valley is served by chemin de l'Abitibi-Price, chemin du rang Saint-Marie and chemin Clairval. Chemin du rang Saint-Édouard runs southwest of the middle part of the river course. The upper part is served by a secondary forest road passing on the north side of the river and which connects to the southeast with the Abitibi-Price road. Forestry is the main economic activity in this valley; recreational tourism, second.
The surface of the lower part of the Mont Saint-Étienne river is generally frozen from the beginning of December until the end of March; however, safe traffic on the ice is generally from mid-December to mid-March. The upper part has a freezing period of about an additional week. The water level of the river varies with the seasons and the precipitation; the spring flood occurs in March or April.
Geography[]
The Mont Saint-Étienne river rises at the mouth of second Lynch Lake, on the northwest side of Mont Saint-Étienne, in the unorganized territory of Lac-Jacques-Cartier. This lake wedged between the mountains has two outlets: one flows west descending towards the rivière du Camp Brûlé passing through First Lynch Lake; the other east along the Mont Saint-Étienne river. This second mouth of the lake (East side) is located at:
- 1.3 kilometres (0.81 mi) south-east of the course of the rivière du Camp Brûlé;
- 1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi) north of the top of a mountain (altitude: 1,040 metres (3,410 ft));
- 1.1 kilometres (0.68 mi) south of another mountain peak (altitude: 932 metres (3,058 ft));
- 30 kilometres (19 mi) at south-West of the summet of Saint-Étienne Mountain (altitude: 980 metres (3,220 ft));
- 12.2 kilometres (7.6 mi) west of the mouth of Mont Saint-Étienne.[1]
This river bypasses . From this source, the course of this river descends on 18.0 kilometres (11.2 mi), with a drop of 429 metres (1,407 ft), according to the following segments:
- 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) towards the northeast in particular by crossing a first lake, then crossing Lake Mont Saint-Étienne (length: 1.3 kilometres (0.81 mi); altitude : 747 metres (2,451 ft)) over its full length, up to the dam at its mouth;
- 1.8 kilometres (1.1 mi) towards the south-east with a drop of 117 metres (384 ft) in a deep valley, until the discharge (coming from the south-west) of two lakes including Lac Coeur;
- 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) towards the east with a drop of 150 metres (490 ft) by forming a hook of 05 kilometres (3.1 mi) towards the south, up to the outlet (coming from the north) of an unidentified lake;
- 2.9 kilometres (1.8 mi) towards the south-east by forming a loop towards the south-west and collecting a stream (coming from the north-east), up to the South-West Arm of the Rivière du Mont Saint-Etienne (coming from the southwest);
- 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi) towards the south-east by forming a curve towards the west and collecting a stream (coming from the west), up to a stream (coming from the north);
- 2.0 kilometres (1.2 mi) towards the east by forming a curve towards the south, up to the chemin du rang Sainte-Marie;
- 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) north-east passing under the bridge of Chemin de l'Abitibi-Price, to its mouth.[1]
The Mont Saint-Étienne river flows on the southwest bank of the Sainte-Anne River (Beaupré), in Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges. This confluence is located 2.1 kilometres (1.3 mi) upstream of the route 360 bridge and 6.2 kilometres (3.9 mi) downstream of the confluence of the .
From the confluence of the Mont Saint-Étienne river, the current flows over 21.3 kilometres (13.2 mi) generally towards the southwest by the course of the Sainte-Anne River, crossing downtown Beaupré, to the northwest shore of Saint Lawrence River.[1]
Toponymy[]
The toponym "rivière du Mont Saint-Étienne" was formalized on December 5, 1968 at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]
References[]
See also[]
- Capitale-Nationale, an administrative region
- La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality
- Lac-Jacques-Cartier, an unorganized territory
- Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges, a municipality
- Sainte-Anne River (Beaupré)
- St. Lawrence River
- List of rivers of Quebec
- Rivers of Capitale-Nationale
- La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality