Rivière à la Carpe

Rivière à la Carpe
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionSaguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean
Regional County MunicipalityLe Domaine-du-Roy Regional County Municipality and Lac-Saint-Jean-Est Regional County Municipality
MunicipalitiesBelle-Rivière and Saint-André-du-Lac-Saint-Jean
Physical characteristics
SourceNeuf Lake
  locationBelle-Rivière
  coordinates48°14′47″N 71°48′49″W / 48.246375°N 71.81354°W / 48.246375; -71.81354
  elevation375 m (1,230 ft)
MouthMétabetchouane River
  location
Saint-André-du-Lac-Saint-Jean
  coordinates
48°17′55″N 71°58′42″W / 48.29861°N 71.97833°W / 48.29861; -71.97833
  elevation
250 m (820 ft)
Length20.2 km (12.6 mi)
Discharge 
  locationSaint-André-du-Lac-Saint-Jean
Basin features
Tributaries 
  left(upward from the mouth) Décharge du Lac à la Carpe, décharge du Lac à la Vache, décharge d'un lac non identifié.
  right(upward from the mouth) Décharge d'un lac non identifié, décharge d'un lac non identifié, décharge d'un lac non identifié, ruisseau non identifié, décharge d'un lac non identifié, décharge d'un lac non identifié.

The rivière à la Carpe is a tributary of the eastern shore of the Métabetchouane River, in the administrative region of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. Entirely in a forest zone, the course of this river crosses the unorganized territory of Belle-Rivière, in the Lac-Saint-Jean-Est Regional County Municipality and the municipality of Saint-André-du-Lac-Saint-Jean, in the Le Domaine-du-Roy Regional County Municipality.

Forestry is the main economic activity in this area; recreational tourism, second.

The surface of the "rivière à la Carpe" (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.