Éternité River
| Éternité River | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Rivère Éternité (French) |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean |
| Regional County Municipality | Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality |
| Municipalities | Rivière-Éternité |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Éternité Lake |
| • location | Rivière-Éternité |
| • coordinates | 48°13′33″N 70°33′12″W / 48.22583°N 70.55333°W |
| • elevation | 250 m (820 ft) |
| Mouth | Éternité Bay |
• location | Rivière-Éternité |
• coordinates | 48°17′57″N 70°20′04″W / 48.29917°N 70.33444°W |
• elevation | 3 m (9.8 ft) |
| Length | 19.8 km (12.3 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | (from the mouth) Outlet of eight lakes such Price and Riverin, ruisseau Bouchard, ruisseau Benouche, outlet of "Lac à Adolphe", outlet of lakes "du Trait Carré", "de la Tour" and "lac Long", outlet (via "Lac Éternité") of lakes Provisions, en Haut and Cazot, outlet of lac Bailloquet (via Lac Éternité). |
| • right | (from the mouth) Outlet of six lakes such Périgny and "des Sables". |
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The Éternité River (French: Rivière Éternité, meaning Eternity River) is a small stream in Quebec, Canada, which flows into Eternity Bay at Rivière-Éternité, in the Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean.
The upper part of this river crosses the zec du Lac-au-Sable, a controlled exploitation zone; the lower part crosses the Saguenay Fjord National Park, a protected natural area which is very popular with tourists.
The Éternité river is mainly served by the route 170 (east-west direction) which passes through the village of Rivière-Éternité. Some other secondary forest roads serve the lake sector for forestry and recreational tourism activities.
Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second.
The surface of the Eternity River is usually frozen from the end of November to the beginning of April, however the safe circulation on the ice is generally done from mid-December to the end of March.