The "Rivière Port-Daniel" is a tributary of the north shore of the barachois of the hamlet of "Rivière-Port-Daniel" which opens to the south in the bay of Port-Daniel, located on the north shore of the Chaleur Bay; the latter in turn opens eastward onto the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Geography
The "Port-Daniel river" takes its source from mountain streams in the northwestern part of the township of Weir which is part of the unorganized territory of Rivière-Bonaventure. Its source is located on the eastern slope of the dividing line; McCrea Creek drains the North Slope and the Grand Pabos West River the Northeast Slope. The upper part of the “Port-Daniel River” flows more or less parallel to the south side of McCallum Creek and the Grand Pabos River. This source of the river is located at:
south-east of the southern limit of Canton de Guéguen, located in the unorganized territory of Bonaventure River;
northeast of the eastern limit of the township of Honorat, located in the unorganized territory of Bonaventure River;
From its source, the "Rivière Port-Daniel" flows on towards the East, then the South-East, especially in forest and mountainous areas, divided into the following segments: Upper course of the river
towards the south-east, up to the confluence of the Ravin Vert stream ;
towards the south-east, up to the confluence of the Grand Ravin stream ;
towards the south-east, to the confluence of the Nadeau stream ;
towards the south-east, to the limit of the former municipality of Port-Daniel.
Intermediate course of the river
towards the south-east, up to the outlet of Lac Marguerite ;
towards the south-east, in the "Port-Daniel" sector, to the outlet of Lac Gillis ;
towards the South, forming a curve towards the East, until the confluence of the Lac à la Pelle stream ;
towards the southwest, to the confluence of the river.
The Rivière Port-Daniel flows onto the north shore of the barachois in the hamlet of Rivière-Port-Daniel, crossing the sandstone at low tide. This barachois is bounded on the east side by the Pointe à la Croix and on the south side by a jetty which juts out towards the northeast. These two strips of land are linked by the Canadian National railway bridge and by route 132. This barachois empties on the south-east side into the “Baie de Port-Daniel”, which opens towards the south-east into Chaleur Bay. This bay, the width of which at the openingis, is delimited by the "Cap de la Vieille" and by the Pointe du Sud-Ouest. The confluence of the Port-Daniel river is located:
on the west side of the hamlet Rivière-Port-Daniel;
