Rivière du Sault au Mouton
| Rivière du Sault au Mouton | |
|---|---|
Rivière du Sault au Mouton | |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Côte-Nord |
| RCM | La Haute-Côte-Nord Regional County Municipality |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • elevation | 494 metres (1,621 ft) |
| 2nd source | Lac de la petite montagne |
| • coordinates | 48°40′22″N 69°47′02″E / 48.672855°N 69.783859°E |
| Mouth | Estuary of Saint Lawrence |
• location | Longue-Rive |
• coordinates | 48°32′20″N 69°15′09″W / 48.53889°N 69.2525°W |
• elevation | 0 metres (0 ft) |
| Length | 60.2 kilometres (37.4 mi) |
| Basin size | 1,946 square kilometres (751 sq mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | (upstream) Discharge of Lac Guillaume, Castors River (rivière du Sault au Mouton), Black stream, Aux Bœufs lake discharge, Roussel River. |
| • right | (upstream) Discharge from Trois Milles lake, Trout stream, discharge from Cajetan lake, discharge from Lac de la Cabine, discharge from a set of lakes. |
The Rivière du Sault au Mouton flows south, on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River, in the unorganized territory of Lac-au-Brochet and the municipality of Longue-Rive, in the La Haute-Côte-Nord Regional County Municipality in the administrative region of Côte-Nord, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. It flows into the estuary of Saint Lawrence at Longue-Rive.
The lower part of the hydrographic slope of the "Sault au Mouton river" is served by the route 138 which crosses it near its mouth. From the village of Sault-au-Mouton, this valley is served by a forest path that goes up to Lake Vaillancourt, passing east of Lake Kergus and east of Lake Trente Milles. From this last lake, a secondary forest road goes up the valley to serve the east of Lac de la Petite Montagne.
Forestry is the main economic activity in this area; second, recreational tourism activities.
The surface of the "Sault au Mouton River" is usually frozen from late November to early April, however safe traffic on the ice generally occurs from mid-December to late March.