The rivière aux Rats (English: Rats River) is a tributary of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, flowing in the municipality of L'Île-d'Anticosti, in the Minganie Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Côte-Nord, in province of Quebec, in Canada.
Rivière aux Rats | |
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Location | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Côte-Nord |
Regional County Municipality | Minganie Regional County Municipality |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Confluence of two mountain streams |
• location | L'Île-d'Anticosti |
• coordinates | 49.35887°N 63.10210°W / 49.35887; -63.10210 |
• elevation | 171 m (561 ft) |
Mouth | Gulf of Saint Lawrence |
• location | L'Île-d'Anticosti |
• coordinates | 49.24194°N 63.11805°W / 49.24194; -63.11805 |
• elevation | 1 m (3.3 ft) |
Length | 18.3 km (11.4 mi) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | (upstream) |
A forest road (north–south direction) serves the area between the Rats river and the Chicotte river. This road connects the Grand-Lac-Salé Ecological Reserve to the south, and the main road passing through the center-north of the island.[1][2]
Forestry is the main economic activity in this area; recreational tourism activities, in particular hunting and fishing.[1][2]
The Rats River has its source at the confluence of two mountain streams (altitude: 171 m (561 ft)), located in the south-central part of the island. This source is located in a forest area at:
From its source, the Rats River flows on 18.3 km (11.4 mi) with a drop of 170 m (560 ft), according to the following segments:
The Rats River flows on the east side of Gand lac Salé, Petit lac Salé, Baie des Sables and the Côte de la Grande Traversée, on the south shore of Anticosti Island, in the gulf of Saint Lawrence. This confluence is located at:
This toponymic designation appeared in 1955 on a map of the Consolidated Bathurst company.
The toponym "rivière aux Rats" was made official on September 12, 1974, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[3]
In 1991, the Quebec government established the "Lac-Salé Ecological Reserve" covering approximately 7000 hectares. Briefly, this reserve was delimited by the middle of the rivière du Brick from its confluence with the Honguedo Strait, going up the river to latitude 5,468,000 m N; thence, easterly, to the center of the Chicotte River; then south following the center of the latter river, until its confluence with the Honguedo Strait.[4]
Features extracted from of the geographical map, the database and the site instrumentation
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