Achepabanca River

Achepabanca
Watershed of Nottaway River
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionNord-du-Québec
Physical characteristics
SourceMachepabanca Lake
  locationSenneterre, La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality (RCM), Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec
  coordinates48°40′06″N 76°09′33″W / 48.66833°N 76.15917°W / 48.66833; -76.15917
  elevation419 m (1,375 ft)
MouthMégiscane River, Girouard Lake
  location
Senneterre, La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec
  coordinates
48°33′04″N 76°15′47″W / 48.55111°N 76.26306°W / 48.55111; -76.26306
  elevation
385 m (1,263 ft)
Length21.1 km (13.1 mi)
Basin features
Tributaries 
  leftAchepabanca River North-East
  right
  • (upstream)
  • outlet of lake Wickotese
  • outlet of lake Akôkodjic
  • outlet of lake Gilles
  • outlet of lakes Lucille, Benout, Clavet and Julien.

The Achepabanca River is a tributary of the Mégiscane River, flowing into the north-eastern part of Senneterre, in La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality (RCM), in the administrative region of Abitibi-Témiscamingue, in Quebec, in Canada.

The course of the river successively crosses the townships of Maricourt, Charrette and Girouard (on the border of the canton Berthelot).

The Achepabanca River runs entirely on forest land north-east of the La Vérendrye Wildlife Reserve and on the west side of Gouin Reservoir. Forestry is the main economic activity of this hydrographic slope; recreational tourism activities, second. The surface of the river is usually frozen from the beginning of December to the end of April. The hydrographic slope of the Achepabanca River is served by some forest roads.