Rivière aux Montagnais


The Rivière aux Montagnais is a tributary of the southeast bank of the Moncouche River, flowing in the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve, in the unorganized territory of Lac-Jacques-Cartier, in the La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in the province from Quebec, to Canada.
Forestry is the main economic activity in this valley; recreational tourism, second.
The surface of the Montagnais river is usually frozen from the end of November to the beginning of April, however the safe circulation on the ice is generally done from mid-December to the end of March.

Geography

The main watersheds neighboring the "Rivière aux Montagnais" are:
The Montagnais river rises at the mouth of Lac Magny. This misshapen lake has four bays; its mouth is located at the bottom of the south-eastern bay.
From its source, the course of the Montagnais river descends on, with a drop of, according to these segments:
Upper part of Rivière aux Montagnais
Lower part of the Rivière aux Montagnais
From the confluence of the Montagnais river, the current descends:
The toponym Rivière aux Montagnais was formalized on June 1, 1971 at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.