Rivière aux Outardes (Saguenay River tributary)


The Rivière aux Outardes is a tributary of the Saguenay River, flowing in the municipality of Saint-Fulgence, in the Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.
The route 172 crosses the Outardes River at its mouth. Chemin du rang Saint-Louis serves the western side of this river.
Forestry is the primary economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second.
The surface of the Outardes River is usually frozen from the end of November to the beginning of April, however the safe circulation on the ice is generally done from mid-December to the end of March.

Geography

The main watersheds neighboring the Rivière aux Outardes are:
The Rivière aux Outardes rises at the mouth of Lake Xavier. This lake is located: south of the course of Le Petit Bras and to the northeast from the mouth of the Outardes river.
From its source, the confluence of Lake Xavier, the course of the Outardes River descends on according to the following segments:
The mouth of the Rivière aux Outardes flows onto the north bank of the Saguenay River in the municipality of Saint-Fulgence. This confluence of the Rivière aux Outardes is located at:
From the mouth of the Outardes river, the current follows the course of the Saguenay river up to Tadoussac where it merges with the Saint-Laurent river.

Toponymie

The toponym Rivière aux Outardes was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.