Portage River (Petit-Saguenay River tributary)

Geography

• North side: Petit Saguenay River, Saguenay River;
• East side: Petit Saguenay River, Saint-Athanase River, Saint-Étienne River;
• South side: Dallaire Creek, Petit Saguenay River;
• West side: Saint-Jean River.

• to the North, including crossing Piat Lake on its full length, to its mouth;
• to the North, in particular by crossing the Huet Lake on its full length, to its mouth;
• northerly forming a loop to the southeast to the outlet of some lakes in the area of the hamlet "La Grande-Allée";
• northeasterly forming a northward loop, collecting the discharge of a lake, then crossing a swamp bend of a river corresponding to a creek ;
• northerly beginning in marsh zone, relatively straight across a long series of rapids in a steep valley, up to a river bend, corresponding to the discharge of Rivière Lake;
• northeasterly, snaking through a steep valley to a bend in the river;

• east in a steep valley, up to a river bend;
• northeasterly in a concealed valley to Petite Poussière Creek ;
• northeasterly in a steep valley, collecting the dump of a lake, then forming a small hook to the north at the end of the segment, until the discharge of a lake;
• northeasterly, snaking through a valley flared towards its lower part to its mouth.

• south-east of the village center of L'Anse-Saint-Jean;
• northwest of the village center of Petit-Saguenay;
• southeast of the confluence of the Petit Saguenay River with the Saguenay River;
• west of Tadoussac.

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