Valin River (Saguenay River tributary)


The Valin River is a tributary of the Saguenay River, flowing successively in the unorganized territory of Valin Mountains, in Saint-David-de-Falardeau and 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.
Route Villeneuve, chemin du Volair, route Lavoie and chemin de la Chute à François serve the western part of the Valin River; chemin du rang Saint-Joseph and chemin du rang Sainte-Anne serve the eastern part. Finally, the Valin river path serves the northern part of the river.
The surface of the Valin 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 adjacent to the Valin River are:
From its source, the confluence of Bras Fournier and a stream, the course of the Valin river descends on according to the following segments:
Upper course of the Valin river
Lower course of the Valin river
The mouth of the Valin River flows onto the north bank of the Saguenay River in the municipality of Saint-Fulgence. This confluence of the Valin river is located at:
From the dam at the mouth of the Valin river, the current follows the course of the Saguenay river to the height of Tadoussac where it merges with the Saint-Laurent river.

Toponymy

The toponym Valin river was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec