Rimouski River
Rimouski River is a river emptying in Rimouski, on the South shore of St. Lawrence River, in the regional county municipality Rimouski-Neigette, in the administrative region of Bas-Saint-Laurent, in Quebec, in Canada.
From the border between New Brunswick and Quebec, the Rimouski River crosses over the unorganized territory of Lac-Huron, Quebec, as well as the municipalities of La Trinité-des-Monts, Saint-Narcisse-de-Rimouski, Saint-Valérien, Sainte-Odile-sur-Rimouski and the city of Rimouski.
Geography
Course
The Rimouski River has its source at an altitude of from the Miller Lake located in Saint-Quentin Parish, in Restigouche County, in New Brunswick, in Notre Dame Mountains. The mouth of the Miller Lake is located Southeast of coastal Southeastern of St. Lawrence River and East of the border of Quebec.The Rimouski River flows over.
Upper Rimouski river courses
From Miller Lake, the Rimouski river flows over:
- to the North, in the province of New Brunswick;
- to the Northeast in the province of Quebec up to the discharge of the Daniel Lake and Claude Lake;
- Eastward, collecting the water discharge of Lake Santerre, up to the confluence of the creek Tamahagan ;
- to the Northeast, collecting the waters of Morin Creek ;
- to the Southeast, up to the confluence of the Flat Creek ;
- to the Northwest, up to a road bridge;
- Westward, up to the Southeast shore of Rimouski Lake;
- to the Northwest, crossing the Rimouski Lake over its full length up to "Rimouski Lake dam," located at Northwest of the lake.
From Rimouski Lake, Rimouski River flows mainly in the Rimouski Wildlife Reserve on:
- to the Northwest, collecting the waters of a stream up to the bridge of the "forest road no. 1";
- to the Northwest, collecting the waters of the White creek, up to the outlet of Lake Deer ;
- to the Northwest by cutting a forest road up to the outlet of Beaver Lake ;
- Northward, up to the confluence of the East Rimouski River;
- Westward up to the boundary of the municipality of La Trinité-des-Monts;
- Westward, collecting the waters of the "Abraham casting" and past the "Roches Labbé", up to the confluence of the creek Jansen ;
- to the Northwest, up to the dam of "Three Little Saults";
- to the Northwest across the segment beginning in river saults and passing of the village east side of La Trinité-des-Monts;
- to the Northeast, collecting the waters of the Brisson River up to "Red Bridge";
- to the Northwest, crossing the "rapides à Poirier" and collecting the waters of the "coulée du Rapide à Poirier" ", to the boundary of the municipality of Saint-Narcisse-de-Rimouski;
- Northward, crossing a marsh area in the end of the segment, up to the confluence of the Ferrée River .
From the confluence of the Ferrée River, the Rimouski river flows over:
- Westward up to Fond-d'Ormes Bridge of Taché Road;
- to the Southwest, up to the confluence of the Grand Touradi River;
- to the Southwest, up to the limit of the Duchenier Wildlife Reserve;
- to the Northwest, crossing several waterfalls and rapids, up to the confluence of the "Indian Creek" ;
- to the Southwest, up to the municipal boundary;
- to the Northwest, forming a curve towards the Southwest, to reach the limit of Saint-Narcisse-de-Rimouski;
- to the Northwest, crossing the "Hubb Falls" and going out of the Duchénier Wildlife Sanctuary, up to the confluence of the France River ;
- to the Northeast, to the limit of the Rimouski Wildlife Reserve;
- Northward, up to the confluence of the Cat River ;
- to the Northwest, collecting the waters of the creek "Petit Lac Macpès" and through the "Canyon of Hell’s Gates", up to the boundary of the municipality of Saint-Valérien;
- to the Northwest by collecting the waters of the Little Touradi River and the White River up to the confluence of the Black river ;
- to the Northeast, up to the limit of sector Sainte-Odile-sur-Rimouski of the city of Rimouski;
- to the Northeast, up to the confluence of the Little Rimouski River;
- Northward, up to the confluence of the Bois Brule River;
- Northward, collecting the waters of the Rigoumabe River, up to the confluence of the Brule River;
- Northward, up to Highway 20;
- to the Northeast, crossing the city of Rimouski and passing under the railway bridge of Canadian National Railway and the bridge of route 132 at the end of the segment, up to its confluence.
Hydrology
The watershed of Rimouski River covers an area of of which 98.6% are located in the Quebec and 1.4% in New Brunswick. The river has a Module of. The recorded maximum flow is and the minimum rate is. It has a nivo-pluvial regime with a flood in early May and another smaller at the end of October. The river receives water from 29 streams, the main ones, from upstream to downstream, the East Rimouski River, the Grand Touradi River, the Little Touradi River and Little Rimouski River. The entire network is streams. The basin also contains 864 lakes and 244 wetlands.Geology
The entire river basin is part of the Appalachian. These are composed of sedimentary rock dating between 505 and 360 million years. The latter are aligned in parallel with the St. Lawrence River.Toponymy
Rimouski appears in the act of concession of the Lordship of Rimouski, on April 24, 1968. According to Mgr Louis-François Richer Laflèche, the name comes from the Mi'kmaq "animouski" and mean "mansion of dog". The leader Abenaki Jos. Laurent noted in 1888 noted that Rimouski came from the Abenaqui Alemoski and means "earth of the dog". As for the popular sense of land moose statement by Father Cyprien Tanguay, he would never have been accredited. The name may refer to the presence of seals, also called "sea dogs" or "sea lions" near the mouth of the river.Demographics
The population of the basin was 50306 person in 2007. 85% of the population lives in Rimouski, the only city in the basin.Natural environment
47.2% of public forests are composed of stands of conifers and 23.5% of mixed forests. In private forests, 33.3% are composed of mixed forests and 23.5% are forests of deciduouss. Forests are quite young, only 2.6% are over 120 years. About 1% of forests are cut annually.The basin includes 31 species of fishes. The most common species are the brook trout, the chub, the northern pearl dace and the red shiner belly. The mouth of the river is a popular venue for white peach to Smelt rainbow sky. The Atlantic salmon frequents on downstream to breed.
Four species of mammal live in the river: the Canadian beaver, the muskrat, the otter river and the American mink. We also found there 132 species of bird, 15 spécies of amphibian and six species of reptile.
Protection of land
The Rimouski basin includes two wildlife reserves, two controlled harvesting zones, an outfitting and a private hunting and fishing club.As for protected areas, there are three containment areas of deer which cover 13.9% of the territory. It also meets two heronries, five habitats muskrat and four exceptional forest ecosystems.