Americaine River
The American River is a tributary of the Jacquot River flowing in the municipality of Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne, in the MRC Portneuf Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in Quebec, in Canada.
Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreotourism activities, second.[1]
The surface of the American river (except the rapids zones) is generally frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March; however, safe circulation on the ice is generally done from the end of December to the beginning of March.
Geography
The American River originates from Lake Perthuis (length: 1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi); altitude 224 metres (735 ft)).[1]
The mouth of this lake is located at:
- 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi) northeast of Clair Lake;
- 6.7 kilometres (4.2 mi) west of the village center of Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne;
- 5.0 kilometres (3.1 mi) north-west of the confluence of the Jacquot River and Sainte-Anne River.
From the mouth of Lake Perthuis, the course of the Jacquot River flows over 11.3 kilometres (7.0 mi) with a drop of 84 metres (276 ft), according to the following segments:
- 6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi) towards the north-east notably by crossing a small unidentified and marshy lake (altitude 283 metres (928 ft)), collecting the outlet of Lac Écarté (coming from the north-west) then meandering by collecting the discharge from Lake Praxède (coming from the north-west), to Le Gros Ruisseau (coming from the North) which drains Lac à Théode;
- 4.8 kilometres (3.0 mi) in a serpentine southeast to its mouth.[1]
After several streamers at the bottom of a valley between two mountains, including the mountain at Jeannot, the American river flows in a bend on the southwest bank of the Jacquot River at:
- 1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi) west of a curve of the Sainte-Anne River;
- 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) north-west of the village center of Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne;
- 3.7 kilometres (2.3 mi) north of the confluence of the Jacquot River and the Sainte-Anne River.
From there, the current descends on 55.0 kilometres (34.2 mi) generally south and southwest following the course of the Sainte-Anne River, until on the northwest shore of the St. Lawrence River.[1][2]
Toponymy
The toponym "American River" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[3]
See also
- Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne
- Portneuf Regional County Municipality
- Jacquot River
- Sainte-Anne River
- List of rivers of Quebec
References
Bibliography
- CAPSA (2014). Water master plans of the intervention sectors of the CAPSA management area: Sainte-Anne, Portneuf and La Chevrotière (PDF) (in French). Quebec: CAPSA. p. 691. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-02-14. Retrieved 2020-01-27.
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