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The rivière Sainte-Anne is a watercourse flowing into Gulf of St. 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.

Sainte Anne River (Anticosti Island)
Native name	Rivière Sainte-Anne (île d'Anticosti)  (French)
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Côte-Nord
RCM	Minganie
Island	Anticosti Island
Physical characteristics
Source	Marsh zone
• location	L'Île-d'Anticosti
• coordinates	49.76386°N 63.74396°W / 49.76386; -63.74396
• elevation	118 m (387 ft)
Mouth	Gulf of Saint Lawrence
• location	L'Île-d'Anticosti
• coordinates	49.63667°N 63.825°W / 49.63667; -63.825
• elevation	1 metre (3 ft 3 in)
Length	17.3 km (10.7 mi)
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	(upstream) stream, 2 discharges of a lake each.
• right	(upstream) 2 streams, discharge from Lake Marmen.

A single forest road serves the intermediate part of this valley. This carriage road connects to the west to a forest road network for forestry purposes, as well as to the main road passing on the northern slope of the island. Forestry is the main economic activity in this area; recreational tourism activities, second.[1]

Geography

The Sainte-Anne river draws its source from the southern part of a marsh area (altitude: 118 m (387 ft)) located in the center-west of Anticosti Island. This source is located at:

• 44.2 km (27.5 mi) east of the town center of the village of Port-Menier;
• 11.8 km (7.3 mi) south of the north shore of Anticosti Island;
• 15.6 km (9.7 mi) northeast of the south shore of Anticosti Island.[1]

From its source, the Sainte-Anne river flows south between the rivière aux Cailloux (located on the west side) and the rivière à la Loutre (located on the east side). Its course descends on 17.3 km (10.7 mi) towards the south with a drop of 117 m (384 ft), according to the following segments:

• 11.2 km (7.0 mi) to the south collecting a stream (coming from the northeast), collecting the discharge (coming from the west) of Lake Marmen; then to the south, passing under the forest road bridge and collecting the discharge (coming from the northeast) of a lake, to the western limit of SÉPAQ Anticosti;
• 5.6 km (3.5 mi) first to the south in the SÉPAQ Anticosti, gradually bending towards the southwest, until a bend in the river located about one hundred meters from the north shore of the Gulf of Saint Laurent; then on 0.4 km (0.25 mi) towards the west parallel to the shore of the gulf, to its mouth.[1]

The Sainte-Anne River flows onto the south shore of Anticosti Island, i.e. 15.5 km (9.6 mi) southeast of the western limit of SÉPAQ Anticosti and 31.2 km (19.4 mi) south-east of the center of the village of Port-Menier.[1]

Toponymy

According to Wikipedia, "Saint Anne" designates in Christianity several saints, blessed and venerable.

The toponymic designation "Rivière Sainte-Anne" appears in a 1904 volume, as well as in the Bulletin de la Société de géographie de Québec in 1924. This name also appears on a 1955 map of the forestry company Consolidated Bathurst.[2]

The toponym “rivière Sainte-Anne” was made official on December 5, 1968, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]

See also

• List of rivers of Quebec

References

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