Brûlé River (Sainte-Anne River tributary)
River in La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Rivière Brûlé is a tributary of the Sainte-Anne River, flowing on the north bank of the Saint Lawrence River, in the non-territory organized from Lac-Jacques-Cartier, in the La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.
Brûlé River | |
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Location | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Capitale-Nationale |
Regional County Municipality | La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality |
Municipality | Lac-Jacques-Cartier |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Fourchu lake |
• location | Lac-Jacques-Cartier |
• coordinates | 47°20′02″N 70°54′26″W |
• elevation | 806 m |
Mouth | Sainte-Anne River (Beaupré) |
• location | Lac-Jacques-Cartier |
• coordinates | 47°13′39″N 70°48′50″W |
• elevation | 370 m |
Length | 201 km (125 mi) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | (Upward from the mouth) Three unidentified streams, Lac de la Tour outlet, Caribou lake outlet. |
• right | (Upward from the mouth) Small unidentified stream, outlet of Lac Janot, outlet of Lac Brûlé. |
The southern part of this small valley is served on each side of the river by various forest roads. The upper part is served by a forest road which passes on the north side of the river. Forestry is the main economic activity in this valley; recreational tourism, second.
The surface of the Brûlé River is generally frozen from the beginning of December until the end of March; however, safe traffic on the ice is generally from mid-December to mid-March. The upper part has a freezing period of about an additional week. The water level of the river varies with the seasons and the precipitation; the spring flood occurs in March or April.