Rivière du Sault (Péribonka River)


The Sault River is a tributary of the Péribonka River, flowing in the unorganized territory of Passes-Dangereuses, in the Maria-Chapdelaine Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. The Sault river flows on the east side of the zec des Passes.
The watershed of the Sault river is served by the forest road R0250 which goes up the valley of Étienniche Lake and of the rivière des Prairies to reach lac Grenier and the Brodeuse River. A few secondary roads serve the area for forestry and recreational tourism purposes.
Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; second, recreational tourism activities.
The surface of the Sault River is usually frozen from late November to early April, however safe traffic on the ice generally occurs from mid-December to late March.

Geography

The main neighboring watersheds of the Sault River are:
The Sault River takes its source at the mouth of an unidentified lake in the unorganized territory of Passes- Dangerous. The mouth of Lac Jacques is located at:
From its source, the Sault river flows on over a drop of entirely in forest area, according to the following segments:
The Sault River empties at the bottom of a very small bay on the west bank of the Péribonka River. This mouthpiece is located at:
From the mouth of the Sault river, the current descends the course of the Péribonka river on towards the south, crosses the Saint-Jean lake on eastward, then on follows the course of the Saguenay River eastward to the height of Tadoussac where it meets the St. Lawrence River.

Toponymy

The toponym of "rivière du Sault" was made official on December 5, 1968 at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.