Rivière du Milieu (lac de la Belle Rivière)


The Rivière du Milieu is a tributary of Lac de la Belle Rivière, flowing the unorganized territory of Belle-Rivière, in the Lac-Saint-Jean-Est Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. The course of this river is located in the northwestern part of the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve.
The middle river valley is located between route 155 and route 169. This valley is 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 Middle River is usually frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, however the safe circulation on the ice is generally made from mid-December to mid-March.

Geography

The main watersheds neighboring the Rivière du Milieu are:
The Rivière du Milieu takes its source from non-Morelle lake in the forest zone in the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve. This source is located at:
From its source, the "rivière du Milieu" flows over with a drop of entirely in the forest zone, according to the following segments:
The Middle River pours into the bottom of a bay on the east shore of Lac Saint-Jean. This confluence is located at:
From the mouth of the Middle river on the shore on the lac de la Belle Rivière, the current crosses this lake on towards the west, then descends the course of the Belle Rivière north-west on, then crosses the eastern part of Lac Saint-Jean north on, follows the course of the Saguenay river via the Petite Discharge on until Tadoussac where it merges with the Saint Lawrence estuary.

Toponymy

The toponym "Rivière du Milieu" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.

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