Petite rivière Savane (Sainte-Anne River tributary)
The Petite rivière Savane is a tributary of the Sainte-Anne River, flowing on the north bank of the Saint Lawrence River, in the territory unorganized from Lac-Jacques-Cartier, in the La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. This small valley is served on each side of the river by various forest roads. Forestry is the main economic activity in this valley; recreational tourism, second. The surface of the Petite Savane 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.
south-east of the summit of Mont Raoul-Blanchard ;
south-west of the summit of Mont Bleu ;
south-west of the mouth of the Petite rivière Savane.
The course of this river bypasses Mont Bleu from the north. From its source, the course of this river descends on bypassing Mont Bleu by the north, with a drop of, according to the segments following:
first towards the east, then towards the northeast by crossing an unidentified lake enclosed between the mountains, to its mouth;
towards the north-east with a drop of, bending towards the south-east bypassing Mont Bleu by the north, until a stream, ie on the south side of the mountain in Albert;
towards the south-east with a drop of by forming a small hook towards the north-east to go and collect a stream, to its mouth.
The Petite rivière Savane flows on the southwest shore of the Sainte-Anne River, in the unorganized territory of Lac-Jacques-Cartier, facing the northern limit of Saint-Tite-des-Caps. This confluence is located west of the northwest shore of the St. Lawrence River, south west of the village center of Petite-Rivière-Saint-François and north of the village center of Saint-Tite-des-Caps. From the confluence of the Petite Savane River, the current flows over generally towards the southwest by the course of the Sainte-Rivière Anne, which crosses downtown Beaupré, to the northwest shore of the Saint Lawrence River.
