The rivière aux Écorces du Milieu is a tributary of the rivière aux Écorces, flowing in the unorganized territories of Lac-Jacques-Cartier, the La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in the province from Quebec, to Canada. The course of the Rivière aux Écorces du Milieu crosses the western part of the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve. The valley of the Rivière aux Écorces du Milieu is served indirectly by the route 169 and directly by the forest road R0261 which goes up the valley of the rivière aux Écorces and the Rivière aux Écorces du Milieu. This valley is also served by some secondary forest roads, especially for forestry and recreational tourism activities. Forestry is the main economic activity in this valley; recreational tourism, second. The surface of the Rivière aux Écorces du Milieu is usually frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, however safe circulation on the ice is generally done from mid-December to mid-March.
Geography
The main watersheds neighboring the Rivière aux Écorces du Milieu are:
south-west of the junction of route 169 and route 175;
south-east of the summit of the center of the hamlet Mont-Apica;
north-east of the confluence of the middle Écorces river and the Écorces river.
From its source, the rivière aux Écorces du Milieu flows over with a drop of entirely in the forest zone, according to the following segments: Upper course of the rivière aux Écorces du Milieu
southwards crossing Petit Lac Chavigny, up to the outlet of Lake Zither;
towards the west by forming a loop towards the south, then a curve towards the north in the marsh zone, and crossing Day Lake over its full length, to its mouth. Note: Day Lake receives the discharge from Lake Germain and Lake Brouillard on the north side;
towards the southwest crossing for about the southern part of Lac Franchère, to its mouth;
Middle course of the rivière aux Écorces du Milieu
to the west by crossing two series of rapids, then by forming a curve towards the north by crossing Lake Arteau formed by a widening of the river, up to the outlet of Lac Bourget;
to the west, forming a curve towards the north, bypassing a mountain whose summit reaches, up to Dei stream ;
towards the west by forming a loop towards the north around an island, up to Gravel stream ;
towards the west by forming a curve towards the north crossing a marsh zone, up to the outlet of Lac Monette;
to the west, forming a curve to the north, then a large curve to the south to go around a mountain whose summit reaches, and crossing over a hundred meters the southern part of Lake Sénécal to its mouth;
towards the south by forming a curve towards the west in the marsh zone, forming a loop towards the south, curving towards the west, forming another loop towards the west, then towards the south, to its mouth.
The “rivière aux Écorces du Milieu” flows on the northeast bank of the rivière aux Écorces. This confluence is located at:
From the mouth of the rivière aux Écorces du Milieu, the current successively follows the course of the rivière aux Écorces on generally north, the course of the Pikauba River on generally towards the north, crosses Kenogami Lake on towards the northeast until barrage de Portage-des-Roches, then follows the course of the Chicoutimi River on to the east, then the northeast and the course of the Saguenay river on east to Tadoussac where it merges with the Saint Lawrence estuary.
