Rivière aux Saumons (Anticosti Island)


The rivière aux Saumons is a stream flowing into Gulf of St. Lawrence, flowing in the municipality of L'Île-d'Anticosti, in the Minganie Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Côte-Nord, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.
A forest road serves the intermediate and lower part of its course. An airport is set up in the chasms sector to accommodate tourist activities. Forestry is the main economic activity in this area; recreational tourism activities, secondly, in particular salmon fishing and excursions in the sinkhole sector.

Geography

The Rivière aux Saumons takes its source from Rainsford Lake located in the center of Anticosti Island. This source is located at:
From its source, the Rivière aux Saumons flows over with a drop of, entirely in the forest zone in the SÉPAQ zone, according to the following segments:
The Rivière aux Saumons flows into the bottom of Anse Harvey on the north shore of Anticosti Island. The entrance to this bay is wide, between the point of Cap Harvey and Pointe à la Batterie. This bay penetrates the land towards the south on.

Toponymy

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