Charest River
River in Quebec, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Charest River takes its source in Charest Lake, in the sector Montauban-les-Mines, in the extreme East of the municipality of Notre-Dame-de-Montauban, located in the Mekinac Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Mauricie in the province of Quebec, Canada. In the upper part, Charest River also drains the surrounding lakes: lake of the Mine, lake Perron, lake Perreault and lake End.
Charest River | |
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Location | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Mauricie |
Regional County Municipality | Mekinac Regional County Municipality and Les Chenaux Regional County Municipality |
Municipalities | Notre-Dame-de-Montauban, Saint-Ubalde, Lac-aux-Sables, Saint-Prosper-de-Champlain and Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade. |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Charest Lake |
• location | Notre-Dame-de-Montauban |
• coordinates | 46.83111°N 72.32528°W / 46.83111; -72.32528 |
• elevation | 156 m (512 ft) |
Mouth | Sainte-Anne River |
• location | Saint-Anne-de-la-Pérade |
• coordinates | 46°35′07″N 72°13′36″W |
• elevation | 10 m (33 ft) |
Length | 46 km (29 mi) |
Discharge | |
• location | Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | (Upward from the mouth) Ruisseau Caiphe, ruisseau Hébert, décharge d'un lac non identifié, décharge d'un lac non identifié. |
• right | (Upward from the mouth) Ruisseau Gendron, ruisseau Cloutier, décharge d'un lac non identifié, décharge du lac Leduc, ruisseau du Rang Price, ruisseau Ayotte. |
Agriculture is the main economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism activities, second; forestry, third.
The surface of the Charest River (except the rapids zones) is generally frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, but the safe circulation on the ice is generally made from the end of December to the beginning of March.