Country Canada River mouth Saguenay River Mouth Saguenay River | Province Quebec Length 100 km | |
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Region Mont-Valin, unorganized territory Main source Sainte-Marguerite Lake
678 m (2,224 ft) Tributaries Left:
Bras des Murailles River (ex-river "Sainte-Marguerite North-West"), Sainte-Marguerite North-East River | ||
The Sainte-Marguerite River is a river flowing in the unorganized territory of Mont-Valin, Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality, in Quebec, in Canada. This river is a tributary of the Saguenay River.
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Toponymy
The name appeared on the map of the domain of the king's father Laure in 1731. It is also applied to the bay and cape located near its mouth
Courses
Sainte-Marguerite River begins its course of 100 kilometres (62 mi) in Sainte-Marguerite Lake at an altitude of 678 metres (2,224 ft). This lake is recuperating water of many water bodies at West of Mont-Valin (785 metres (2,575 ft)), in the zec Martin-Valin.
Then, the river flows in north-westerly direction for a few kilometers before turning southwest on 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) and turns sharply to the southeast. It then goes along the Saguenay River on about 60 kilometres (37 mi). In final step of it course, the river turn toward South-West for a final 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi) before flowing into the Sainte-Marguerite Bay at sea level. The entry of this bay (with a length of 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi) and 1.3 kilometres (0.81 mi) of maximum width) is located at 25 kilometres (16 mi) (by the river) upstream of the Tadoussac ferry.
The main tributaries are "la Petite rivière Sainte-Marguerite nord-est", "la rivière Valin" and "le Bras des Murailles" (including it tributary "le ruisseau Couture"). The main creeks which are tributaries of "Sainte-Marguerite River" are: Barre, Épiphanie, Épinette and "de la Cage".
The course of Sainte-Marguerite River cross many rapids, such as (from the upper part of the river):