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The rivière aux Écorces du Milieu is a tributary of the rivière aux Écorces, flowing in the unorganized territories of Lac-Jacques-Cartier, the La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in the province from Quebec, to Canada. The course of the Rivière aux Écorces du Milieu crosses the western part of the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve.

Rivière aux Écorces du Milieu
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionSaguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean
Regional County MunicipalityLa Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality
Unorganized territoryLac-Jacques-Cartier
Physical characteristics
SourceLac Chavigny
  locationLac-Jacques-Cartier
  coordinates47.72686°N 71.40745°W / 47.72686; -71.40745
  elevation824 m (2,703 ft)
MouthRivière aux Écorces
  location
Lac-Jacques-Cartier
  coordinates
47.71472°N 71.65945°W / 47.71472; -71.65945
  elevation
564 m (1,850 ft)
Length29.3 km (18.2 mi)
Discharge 
  locationLac-Jacques-Cartier
Basin features
Tributaries 
  left(from the mouth) Décharge du lac de la Bicoque et du lac de la Bibecière, ruisseau Chaperon, décharge du lac Monette, ruisseau Gravel, décharge du ruisseau Dei, décharge du lac Bourget, décharge du lac Cithare.
  right(from the mouth) Décharge du lac Sénécal, décharge du lac Brison, décharge des lacs Marcelin, François et Prune, décharge du lac Germain et du lac du Brouillard.

The valley of the Rivière aux Écorces du Milieu is served indirectly by the route 169 and directly by the forest road R0261 which goes up the valley of the rivière aux Écorces and the Rivière aux Écorces du Milieu. This valley is also served by some secondary forest roads, especially for forestry and recreational tourism activities.

Forestry is the main economic activity in this valley; recreational tourism, second.

The surface of the Rivière aux Écorces du Milieu is usually frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, however safe circulation on the ice is generally done from mid-December to mid-March.


Geography


The main watersheds neighboring the Rivière aux Écorces du Milieu are:

The rivière aux Écorces du Milieu rises at Lake Chavigny (length: 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi); altitude: 824 metres (2,703 ft)) in a forest area in the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve. This source is located at:

From its source (Petit lac Vézina), the rivière aux Écorces du Milieu flows over 29.3 kilometres (18.2 mi) with a drop of 260 metres (850 ft) entirely in the forest zone, according to the following segments:

Upper course of the rivière aux Écorces du Milieu (segment of 4.6 kilometres (2.9 mi))

Middle course of the rivière aux Écorces du Milieu (segment of 13.9 kilometres (8.6 mi))

Lower course of the rivière aux Écorces du Milieu (segment of 10.8 kilometres (6.7 mi))

The “rivière aux Écorces du Milieu” flows on the northeast bank of the rivière aux Écorces. This confluence is located at:

From the mouth of the rivière aux Écorces du Milieu, the current successively follows the course of the rivière aux Écorces on 98.5 kilometres (61.2 mi) generally north, the course of the Pikauba River on 10.6 kilometres (6.6 mi) generally towards the north, crosses Kenogami Lake on 17.6 kilometres (10.9 mi) towards the northeast until barrage de Portage-des-Roches, then follows the course of the Chicoutimi River on 26.2 kilometres (16.3 mi) to the east, then the northeast and the course of the Saguenay river on 114.6 kilometres (71.2 mi) east to Tadoussac where it merges with the Saint Lawrence estuary.[1]


Toponymy


The toponym “Rivière aux Écorces du Milieu” was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]


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