Rivière du Milieu (lac de la Belle Rivière)

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Coordinates: 48°13′49″N 71°43′45″W / 48.23028°N 71.72916°W / 48.23028; -71.72916
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Rivière du Milieu
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean
Regional County MunicipalityLac-Saint-Jean-Est Regional County Municipality
MunicipalitiesBelle-Rivière
Physical characteristics
SourceLac Morelle
 • locationBelle-Rivière
 • coordinates48°04′19″N 71°44′32″W / 48.07199°N 71.74222°W / 48.07199; -71.74222
 • elevation444
la Belle Rivière
 • location
Belle-Rivière
 • coordinates
48°13′49″N 71°43′45″W / 48.23028°N 71.72916°W / 48.23028; -71.72916
 • elevation
346 m (1,135 ft)
Length23.2 km (14.4 mi)
Discharge 
 • locationBelle-Rivière
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • left(from the mouth) Discharge of lac Loriset, discharge of lac Binet, Serpentin and Lavimaudière, discharge of lac Barré, décharge du lac Marsanne.
 • right(from the mouth) Discharge of lac des Vermisseaux.

The Rivière du Milieu is a tributary of

Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. The course of this river is located in the northwestern part of the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve
.

The middle river valley is located between

Quebec (city) to Alma). This valley is served by some secondary forest roads, especially for forestry and recreational tourism activities.[1]

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

The surface of the Middle River is usually frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, however the safe circulation on the ice is generally made from mid-December to mid-March.

Geography

The main watersheds neighboring the Rivière du Milieu are:

The Rivière du Milieu takes its source from non-Morelle lake (length: 0.6 km (0.37 mi); altitude: 444 m (1,457 ft)) in the forest zone in the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve. This source is located at:

  • 3.4 km (2.1 mi) west of the
    Rivière aux Écorces
    ;
  • 13.9 km (8.6 mi) south-east of route 169;
  • 27.5 km (17.1 mi) west of the center of the hamlet of Mont-Apica;
  • 17.9 km (11.1 mi) south of the confluence of the Rivière du Milieu and Lac de la Belle Rivière;
  • 22.1 km (13.7 mi) south-east of the mouth of Belle Rivière lake;
  • 41.0 km (25.5 mi) south-east of lac Saint-Jean.[2]

From its source, the "rivière du Milieu" flows over 23.2 km (14.4 mi) with a drop of 98 m (322 ft) entirely in the forest zone, according to the following segments:

  • 11.2 km (7.0 mi) northwards passing east of lac Dabin and collecting the outlet (coming from the south) from lac Marsanne, up to the outlet of lac Barré (coming from the west);
  • 2.9 km (1.8 mi) northward, curving northwest, to the outlet (coming from the north) of Lac des Vermisseaux;
  • 4.0 km (2.5 mi) north-west, up to the outlet of some lakes including Serpentin Lake, Binet Lake, Anthemides Lake;
  • 2.3 km (1.4 mi) north-west, up to the outlet (coming from the south-west) of lakes Loriset and Cognée;
  • 2.8 km (1.7 mi) north to its mouth.[2]

The Middle River pours into the bottom of a bay on the east shore of Lac Saint-Jean. This confluence is located at:

  • 5.5 km (3.4 mi) south-east of the mouth of lac de la Belle Rivière;
  • 15.6 km (9.7 mi) south of Vert Lake;
  • 25.6 km (15.9 mi) south-east of the confluence of
    La Belle Rivière
    with a bay on the east shore of Lac Saint-Jean;
  • 37.1 km (23.1 mi) south-east of the mouth of Lac Saint-Jean (via La Petite Décharge;
  • 34.9 km (21.7 mi) south of downtown Alma;
  • 53.4 km (33.2 mi) southwest of downtown Chicoutimi (sector of Saguenay (city)).[2]

From the mouth of the Middle river on the shore on the

Saint Lawrence estuary.[2]

Toponymy

The toponym "Rivière du Milieu" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[3]

Notes and references

  1. ^ Open Street Map - Accessed February 4, 2019
  2. ^ a b c d "Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada - Characteristics extracted from the geographic map, database and instrumentation of the site". 12 September 2016. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
  3. ^ Commission de toponymie du Québec - "Rivière du Milieu"

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