Ovide River
| Ovide River Old name: "Petite rivière à l'Ours" | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean |
| MRC | Le Domaine-du-Roy |
| TNO or Municipality | Lac-Ashuapmushuan, Sainte-Hedwidge et Saint-Prime |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Lake surrounded by marsh |
| • location | Lac-Ashuapmushuan |
| • coordinates | 48°32′55″N 72°32′10″W / 48.54861°N 72.53611°W |
| • elevation | 305 m (1,001 ft) |
| Mouth | Rivière à l'Ours |
• location | Saint-Prime |
• coordinates | 48°35′03″N 72°28′56″W / 48.58417°N 72.48222°W |
• elevation | 180 m (590 ft) |
| Length | 12.7 km (7.9 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Rivière à l'Ours, Ashuapmushuan River, Lac Saint-Jean, Saguenay River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | (upstream) Discharge (coming from the north) from a lake, Ditche stream. |
| • right | (upstream) Stream (coming from the south), stream (coming from the south). |
The Ovide River is a tributary of rivière à l'Ours, flowing successively in the unorganized territory of Lac-Ashuapmushuan, in the municipalities of Sainte-Hedwidge and Saint-Prime, in the Le Domaine-du-Roy Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.
The Ovide river valley is served by forest roads.
Forestry is the main economic activity in this valley, as well as recreational tourism activities in the Zec de la Lièvre area.
The surface of the Ovide River is usually frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, except the rapids areas; however, safe traffic on the ice is generally from mid-December to mid-March.