Mauvaise River

Mauvaise River
Rivière Mauvaise
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionCapitale-Nationale
Regional County MunicipalityPortneuf Regional County Municipality
MunicipalitySaint-Raymond
Physical characteristics
SourceMasson Lake
  locationSaint-Raymond
  coordinates47°02′22″N 71°59′37″W / 47.03958°N 71.99353°W / 47.03958; -71.99353
  elevation425 m (1,394 ft)
MouthBras du Nord
  location
Saint-Raymond
  coordinates
46°53′13″N 71°51′53″W / 46.88694°N 71.86472°W / 46.88694; -71.86472
  elevation
156 m (512 ft)
Length22.4 km (13.9 mi)
Basin features
Tributaries 
  left(Upward from the mouth) Quatre ruisseaux non identifiés, ruisseau non identifié drainant de petits lacs, décharge d'un ensemble de lacs dont Joachim, Mai, sec, du Milieu, à la Vase et du Chicot, ruisseau non identifié (via le Lac des Soixante Arpents), décharge (via le Lac des Soixante Arpents) du Lac Alexandre, du Petit lac Alexandre et du lac Romuald.
  right(Upward from the mouth) Ruisseau non identifié, Cachée River, décharge d'un petit lac non identifié, décharge de trois petits lacs non identifiés, décharge (via le Lac des Soixante Arpents) d'un lac non identifié.

The Mauvaise river (English: Bad River) is a tributary of the Bras du Nord flowing in the town of Saint-Raymond, in the Portneuf Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in Quebec, in Canada.

The lower part of the Mauvaise river is mainly served by the "chemin du Petit rang Colbert", the "chemin du rang Sainte-Croix" and the "rue des Récollets". The upper and intermediate parts are served by a few forest roads for the needs of forestry and recreational tourism activities.

The main economic activities in the sector are forestry; recreotourism activities, second.

The surface of the Mauvaise River (except rapids) is generally frozen from early December to late March, but safe circulation on the ice is generally from late December to early March. The water level of the river varies with the seasons and the precipitation; the spring flood occurs in March or April.