Rivière du Lièvre
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Rivière du Lièvre Du Lièvre River, Hare River |
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 Rivière du Lièvre at Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette |
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| location | Laurentides , Outaouais in Quebec (Canada) | |
| River system | Saint Lawrence River | |
| Drain over | Ottawa River → Saint Lawrence River → Atlantic Ocean | |
| origin |
Lac Orthès in the Laurentine Mountains 47 ° 22 ′ 40 ″ N , 74 ° 44 ′ 50 ″ W |
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| Source height | 396 m | |
| muzzle | at Masson-Angers in the Ottawa River Coordinates: 45 ° 31 '25 " N , 75 ° 25' 50" W 45 ° 31 '25 " N , 75 ° 25' 50" W. |
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| Mouth height | 44 m | |
| Height difference | 352 m | |
| Bottom slope | 1.1 ‰ | |
| length | 330 km | |
| Catchment area | 10,400 km² | |
| Outflow at the Mont-Laurier gauge |
MNQ MQ MHQ |
14 m³ / s 96.55 742 m³ / s |
| Left tributaries | Rivière Mazana , Rivière Kiamika | |
| Right tributaries | Rivière du Pin Rouge , Rivière Mitchinamecus | |
| Small towns | Mont Laurier | |
 Rivière du Lièvre near Mont-Laurier |
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The Rivière du Lièvre ( English Du Lièvre River ) is a left tributary of the Ottawa River in the west of the Canadian province of Québec .
It has its origins in Lac Orthès in the Laurentine Mountains . It flows east of the Mitchinamecus Reservoir in a southerly direction and flows into the Ottawa River at Masson-Angers . The river has a length of 330 km and drains an area of 10,400 km². The river name is derived from the French word for "hare".
Larger tributaries are:
The river flows through the following municipalities:
- Mont Laurier
- Notre-Dame-de-Pontmain
- Notre-Dame-du-Laus
- Val-des-Bois
- Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette
- Glen Almond ( L'Ange-Gardien Municipality )
- Buckingham , now part of Gatineau
The river used to be used to raft tree trunks to the sawmills at the mouth of the river. In 1928 a paper mill was built at the mouth of the Rivière du Lièvre .
Hydropower plants
There are a number of hydroelectric plants along the river.
Boralex operates a run-of-river power plant on the Rivière du Lièvre on the Barrage MacLaren near Buckingham ( ⊙ ). It has an installed capacity of 10 MW with a height of fall of 9.6 m. The facility from 1913 was renewed in 1995.
