Rivière à la Chute
| Rivière à la Chute | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Capitale-Nationale |
| Regional County Municipality | La Jacques-Cartier and La Côte-de-Beaupré |
| Unorganized territory and a municipality | Lac-Jacques-Cartier and Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Lac des Quatre Jumeaux |
| • coordinates | 47°20′13″N 71°24′41″W / 47.33694°N 71.41139°W |
| Mouth | Saint Lawrence River |
• location | Donnacona |
• coordinates | 46°13′00″N 71°21′48″W / 46.21667°N 71.36333°W |
| Length | 22.1 km (13.7 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | (Upward from the mouth) Discharge of Lac à la Chute, discharge of an unidentified swamp lake, discharge of lakes Cartier, Rochefort and Thierry. |
| • right | (Upward from the mouth) Discharge of lac Perché, discharge of lakes Pouliot, Tony and Bourassa. |
The Rivière à la Chute is a tributary of the Sautauriski River, flowing in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in Quebec, Canada. This watercourse crosses the unorganized territory of Lac-Jacques-Cartier in the MRC La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality and the municipality of Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury, in the MRC of La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality.
The course of the river flows entirely in the Jacques-Cartier National Park which is affiliated with the Société des établissements de plein air du Québec (Sépaq).
The valley of the falling river is mainly served on the east side by the route 175 which connects the towns of Quebec and Saguenay. Some secondary roads serve this area for forestry and recreational tourism activities.
Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second.
The surface of the Rivière à la Chute (except the rapids) is generally frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March; safe circulation on the ice is generally done from the end of December to the beginning of March.