Matane River
| Matane River | |
|---|---|
Mouth of the Matane River | |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
| MRC | La Matanie Regional County Municipality |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | streams on the western slope of Mont Blanc |
| • location | Rivière-Bonjour (canton Le Clercq) |
| • coordinates | 48°47′08″N 66°52′57″W / 48.78556°N 66.88250°W |
| • elevation | 350 m (1,150 ft) |
| Mouth | Saint Lawrence River |
• location | Matane |
• coordinates | 48°51′11″N 67°32′01″W / 48.85306°N 67.53361°W |
• elevation | 1 m (3.3 ft) |
| Length | 105.3 km (65.4 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | (upstream) Petchedetz River, Bastien Creek, Johnson Creek, Towagodi River, Tamagodi River, Simonneau Creek, Chandler Creek, Martel Creek, rivière à la Truite, Desjarlais Creek, Ouelette Creek, Camp Creek, Donetgay Creek |
| • right | (upstream) Lac Blanchette and Lac Bernier outlet, Gagnon stream, Petite rivière Matane, Saint-Jean stream, Pitounes stream, Duvivier River |
The Matane River (French pronunciation: [matan] ⓘ) is a river flowing in La Matanie Regional County Municipality, in administrative region of Bas-Saint-Laurent, on the Gaspé Peninsula, in the province of Quebec, Canada, which empties into the Saint Lawrence River at the city of Matane.
The river successively crosses the cantons: Le Clercq and Cuoq (in unorganized territory of Rivière-Bonjour), Tessier (in Saint-René-de-Matane), Matapédia (in Saint-Alexis-de-Matapédia), and Matane (in Saint-Léandre and the city of Matane).