Rivière du Sault au Mouton


The Rivière du Sault au Mouton flows south, on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River, in the unorganized territory of Lac-au-Brochet and the municipality of Longue-Rive, in the La Haute-Côte-Nord Regional County Municipality in the administrative region of Côte-Nord, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. It flows into the estuary of Saint Lawrence at Longue-Rive.
The lower part of the hydrographic slope of the "Sault au Mouton river" is served by the route 138 which crosses it near its mouth. From the village of Sault-au-Mouton, this valley is served by a forest path that goes up to Lake Vaillancourt, passing east of Lake Kergus and east of Lake Trente Milles. From this last lake, a secondary forest road goes up the valley to serve the east of Lac de la Petite Montagne.
Forestry is the main economic activity in this area; second, recreational tourism activities.
The surface of the "Sault au Mouton 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 hydrographic slopes of the Sault au Mouton river are:
The "Sault au Mouton river" takes its source at the mouth of the "Grand-Mère lake" in forest zone, in the unorganized territory of Lac-au-Brochet.
From the mouth of "Lac de la Grand-Mère", the course of the "Sault au Mouton river" flows mainly in the forest area over according to the following segments:
Upper course of the Sault au Mouton river
Lower course of the Sault au Mouton river
The Sault au Mouton river flows over a sandstone up to on the west bank of the Saint Lawrence River in the sector Sault-au-Mouton of the municipality of Longue-Rive in the bay of Mille-Vaches which is part of the "Hauts-Fonds de Mille-Vaches". This mouth is located at:
The toponym "Rivière du Sault au Mouton" was formalized on December 5, 1968 at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.