Moncouche River
| Moncouche River | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean |
| Regional County Municipality | Le Domaine-du-Roy Regional County Municipality and Lac-Saint-Jean-Est Regional County Municipality |
| Municipalities | Belle-Rivière and Saint-André-du-Lac-Saint-Jean |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Starr Lake |
| • location | Belle-Rivière |
| • coordinates | 47°59′58″N 71°54′37″W / 47.99951°N 71.91031°W |
| • elevation | 477 m (1,565 ft) |
| Mouth | Métabetchouane River |
• location | Lac-Jacques-Cartier |
• coordinates | 47°55′11″N 72°00′18″W / 47.91972°N 72.005°W |
• elevation | 397 m (1,302 ft) |
| Length | 14.7 km (9.1 mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Lac-Jacques-Cartier |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | (upward from the mouth) Décharge du lac des Agrions, rivière aux Montagnais, décharge du lac Constantineau, décharge des lacs Fourchets, Étel, Vulcain et du Daguet, décharge du lac Purpurin. |
| • right | (upward from the mouth) Décharge d'un lac non identifié, décharge de trois lacs non identifiés, décharge du Petit lac Moncouche (via le Moncouche Lake), décharge des lacs Maggis et Martinbeault (via Saint-Véran Lake), décharge du lac des Polypores (via le Saint-Véran Lake). |
The Moncouche River (French: rivière Moncouche) is a tributary of the east bank of the Métabetchouane River, crossing the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve, flowing in the province from Quebec, to Canada. The course of this river crosses the:
- unorganized territory of Belle-Rivière, in the Lac-Saint-Jean-Est Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean;
- unorganized territory of Lac-Jacques-Cartier, in the MRC of La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale.
Forestry is the main economic activity in this valley; recreational tourism, second.
The surface of the Moncouche River (except the rapids zones) is usually frozen from the end of November to the beginning of April, however the safe circulation on the ice is generally done from mid-December to the end of March.