The Kekek River is a tributary of the Mégiscane River, flowing into the Senneterre area of La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality, within the administrative region of Abitibi-Témiscamingue, in Quebec, Canada.
The Kekek River is located north of zec Festubert and south-west of Gouin Reservoir.
The Kekek River flows entirely through forest land. Forestry is the main economic activity of this hydrographic slope; with recreational tourism activities, second. The surface of the river is usually frozen from mid-December to mid-April.
Geography
Toponymy The term "Kekek" is of Algonquin origin. His three k letter, forming a palindrome, is similar in pronunciation to the province of Quebec. This designation was indicated in its geographical exploration of 1906 by Eugène Rouillard in the form Kekeksipi, Kekek, Sparrowhawk and sipi, river.Source: Names and places of Quebec, work of the Commission de toponymie du Québec, published in 1994 and 1996 in the form of a printed illustrated dictionary, and in the form of a CD-ROM produced by the company Micro-Intel, in 1997, from this dictionary.
The toponym "Kekek River" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.Commission de toponymie du Quebec - Bank of Place Names - Toponym: "Kekek River"
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