Ma Tante River


The Ma Tante River is a tributary of the Franquelin River, flowing in the township of Franquelin, in the municipality of Franquelin, in the Manicouagan Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Côte-Nord, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.
Forestry is the main economic activity in this valley; recreational tourism, second.
The surface of this Middle North Shore river is usually frozen from the beginning of November to the end of April, except the rapids; however, safe circulation on the ice is generally from late November to early April.

Geography

The Ma Tante river takes its source from "Ma Tante lake" located in the municipality of Franquelin. This mouth is located at northeast of the mouth of the Ma Tante River.
From its source, the Ma Tante river flows over with a drop of, in the forest zone, according to the following segments:
The Ma Tante river flows into a bend on the east bank of the Franquelin river. This confluence is located at:
From the mouth of the Ma Tante river, the current descends on the course of the Franquelin river to the north shore of the estuary of Saint Lawrence.

Toponymy

The acronym "rivière Ma Tante" was attributed to this watercourse in association with the acronym "rivière Mon Oncle" evoking Raymond Côté's uncle, a worker forest. The toponym "Ma Tante River" appears on a 1933 map of the Ontario Paper Company.
The toponym "Ma Tante river" was formalized on August 2, 1974 at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.