Ha! Ha! River (Gros-Mécatina)


The Ha! Ha! River constitutes the outlet of the Plamondon Lake reservoir, flowing in the municipalities of Côte-Nord-du-Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent and Gros-Mécatina, in the Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Côte-Nord, in Quebec, in Canada.
A carriage road connecting route 138 goes north from Saint Lawrence estuary shore to the dam at the head of the Ha! Ha! River. The economy of the sector is mainly dependent on hydroelectricity thanks to this dam.
The surface of the Ha! Ha! River is usually frozen from the beginning of November to the beginning of May, however the safe circulation on the ice is generally done from the end of November to the end of April.

Toponymy

The term "Ha! Ha!" would not be a matter of onomatopoeia but rather a derivation of the term French ha-ha which means unexpected obstacle on a path.
In the province of Quebec, certain places also use this expression in their toponymy, in particular:
The main watersheds near the Ha! Ha! are:
The Ha river! Ha! rises at the mouth of Petit lac Plamondon at an altitude of. This source is located at:
Ha! Ha! River Course! Ha!
From the dam at the mouth of Petit lac Plamondon, the course of the Ha! Ha! River flows over according to the following segments:
The Ha! Ha! River pours into the bottom of a bay on the north shore of Monger Lake. This confluence is located at:
From the confluence of the Ha! Ha! River, the current crosses Monger Lake on to the east, bypassing by the south a peninsula attached to the north shore; then the current follows on the course of the Véco River towards the northeast which constitutes a navigable strait; then crosses Baie des Ha! Ha! By bypassing the "Pointe de la Rivière" from the north, then heading for towards the south-east until Saint Lawrence estuary in passing between Fecteau Island and Cape High.