De La Galette River
| De La Galette | |
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Map of Saint-Maurice watershed. | |
Map of Gouin Reservoir seen from space | |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Mauricie |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Unidentified Lake |
| • location | La Tuque (canton de Fréchette), Mauricie, Quebec |
| • coordinates | 48°09′51″N 74°31′05″W / 48.16417°N 74.51806°W |
| • elevation | 449 m (1,473 ft) |
| Mouth | Gouin Reservoir |
• location | La Tuque, Mauricie, Quebec |
• coordinates | 48°18′58″N 74°28′00″W / 48.31611°N 74.46667°W |
• elevation | 402 m (1,319 ft) |
| Length | 34.2 km (21.3 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
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| • right | Leblanc River (Gouin Reservoir) |
The De La Galette River (French: "Rivière de la Galette") is a tributary of the southern shore of Gouin Reservoir (Bouzanquet Bay), flowing into the territory of the town of La Tuque, in the administrative region of the Mauricie, in Quebec, in Canada.
The "River Galette" flows successively in the townships of Fréchette and Delâge, south of the Gouin reservoir and the west side of the upper Saint-Maurice River. Forestry is the main economic activity of this valley; recreational tourism activities, second.
The route 400, connecting the Gouin Dam to the village of Parent, Quebec, serves the valley of "De La Galette River" bypassing the north-west Louis-Georges-Morin (altitude: 535 metres (1,755 ft)); this road also serves the peninsula which stretches north in the Gouin Reservoir on 30.1 kilometres (18.7 mi). Some secondary forest roads are in use nearby for forestry and recreational tourism activities.
The surface of the "De La Galette River" is usually frozen from mid-November to the end of April, however, safe ice circulation is generally from early December to late March.