Rivière Chicoutimi

Rivière Chicoutimi
Data
location	Saguenay – Lac-Saint-Jean in Québec (Canada)
River system	Saint Lawrence River
Drain over	Rivière Saguenay  → Saint Lawrence River  → Atlantic Ocean
origin	Lac Kénogami 48 ° 18 ′ 35 ″  N , 71 ° 12 ′ 41 ″  W.
muzzle	Rivière Saguenay Coordinates: 48 ° 25 '45 "  N , 71 ° 4' 29"  W 48 ° 25 '45 "  N , 71 ° 4' 29"  W.
length	26 km
Catchment area	3496 km²
Discharge at the gauge below the Barrage Portage-des-Roches A Eo : 3390 km²	MQ 1924/2003 Mq 1924/2003	50 m³ / s 14.7 l / (s km²)
Big cities	Saguenay
Course of the Rivière Chicoutimi
Former paper mill in Chicoutimi

The Rivière Chicoutimi is a river in the Saguenay – Lac-Saint-Jean administrative region in the Canadian province of Québec .

The river drains the Lac Kénogami reservoir at its eastern end at the Barrage Portage-des-Roches dam . It flows over a distance of 26 km in a northerly direction to Chicoutimi and there flows into the Rivière Saguenay. The mean discharge is 50 m³ / s. The river has been used for electricity generation and industrially for over a hundred years. In Chicoutimi there is a former paper mill on the Rivière Chicoutimi.

Hydropower plants

There are three larger hydropower plants along the river (in the downstream direction):

• Chute-Garneau ( ⊙ ) with 5.3 MW
• Pont-Arnaud ( ⊙ ) with 8 MW
• Chicoutimi ( ⊙ ) with 8 MW

Web links

Commons : Rivière Chicoutimi  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bureau audiences publiques sur l'environnement (PDF; 103 kB)
2. ↑ Water Survey of Canada: Station 02RH015 ( Memento of the original dated December 24, 2010) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Hydro-Québec: Chute-Garneau ( Memento of the original from December 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ^ Commission de toponymie du Québec: Barrage de Pont-Arnaud
5. ↑ Hydro-Québec: Pont-Arnaud ( Memento of the original from December 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ^ Hydro-Saguenay