Rivière Mitchinamecus
| Rivière Mitchinamecus | ||
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| location | Laurentides in Quebec (Canada) | |
| River system | Saint Lawrence River | |
| Drain over | Rivière du Lièvre → Ottawa River → Saint Lawrence River → Atlantic Ocean | |
| source | 20 km south of Parent in the Laurentine Mountains 47 ° 44 ′ 40 ″ N , 74 ° 33 ′ 16 ″ W |
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| Source height | approx. 500 m | |
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Rivière du Lièvre Coordinates: 47 ° 3 '56 " N , 75 ° 6' 34" W 47 ° 3 '56 " N , 75 ° 6' 34" W. |
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| Mouth height | approx. 250 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 250 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 2.3 ‰ | |
| length | approx. 110 km | |
| Catchment area | > 1000 km² | |
| Discharge at the gauge above Chute Rascas ( ⊙ ) A Eo : 1050 km²
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MQ 1978/2001 Mq 1978/2001 |
19.5 m³ / s 18.6 l / (s km²) |
| Flowing lakes | Lac Long | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Mitchinamecus Reservoir | |
The Rivière Mitchinamecus (old spelling: Rivière Mitchinamécus ) is a right tributary of the Rivière du Lièvre in the Laurentides administrative region of the Canadian province of Québec .
The Rivière Mitchinamecus has its headwaters 20 km south of Parent in the Laurentine Mountains in the north of the MRC Antoine-Labelle . The river is fed by two lakes, Lac Hull and Lac du Portage . It initially flows a short distance to the west. Then it turns south and maintains its course. The Rivière Mitchinamecus flows through the Lac du Totem and the Lac de la Tanière . It then flows through the 10 km long Lac Long . After a further distance of 50 km, on which it shows a strongly meandering behavior, it reaches the northern end of the Réservoir Mitchinamecus , a 36 km long reservoir. Below the Barrage Mitchinamecus , the Rivière Mitchinamecus flows another 25 km to its mouth about 25 km north of Sainte-Anne-du-Lac . The lower reaches form a whitewater stretch with numerous rapids. The Rivière Mitchinamecus has a length of about 110 km. At the level above the Chute Rascas , the mean discharge is 19.5 m³ / s with a catchment area of 1050 km².
The Chemin de Parent , a gravel road that leads from Parent to Mont-Saint-Michel , largely follows the course of the river - from Lac du Totem to the upper end of the reservoir, as well as the last 10 kilometers to the confluence with the Rivière du Lièvre.
The Rivière Mitchinamecus - especially the lower reaches - is used by whitewater canoes.
The river name is derived from the Algonquin term for the American arctic char .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Water Survey of Canada - Station 02LE013 ( 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.
- ^ Commission de toponymie du Québec: Rivière Mitchinamecus
