Rivière du Mont Saint-Étienne

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: south-east of the course of the rivière du Camp Brûlé; north of the top of a mountain (altitude: ); south of another mountain peak (altitude: ); at south-West of the summit of Saint-Étienne Mountain (altitude: ); west of the mouth of Mont Saint-Étienne.

This river bypasses Mont Saint-Étienne. From this source, the course of this river descends on , with a drop of , according to the following segments: towards the northeast in particular by crossing a first lake, then crossing Lake Mont Saint-Étienne (length: ; altitude : ) over its full length, up to the dam at its mouth; towards the south-east with a drop of in a deep valley, until the discharge (coming from the south-west) of two lakes including Lac Coeur; towards the east with a drop of by forming a hook of towards the south, up to the outlet (coming from the north) of an unidentified lake; 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); 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); towards the east by forming a curve towards the south, up to the chemin du rang Sainte-Marie; north-east passing under the bridge of Chemin de l'Abitibi-Price, to its mouth.Atlas of Canada - Department of Natural Resources Canada - Rivière du Mont Saint-Étienne - Distance and altitude measurements established from the application of site measurements.

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 upstream of the route 360 bridge and downstream of the confluence of the Brûlée River.

From the confluence of the Mont Saint-Étienne river, the current flows over generally towards the southwest by the course of the Sainte-Anne River, crossing downtown Beaupré, to the northwest shore of Saint Lawrence River.

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.Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of Place Names - Toponym: Rivière du Mont Saint-Étienne

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