Rivière aux Saumons (Anticosti Island)
| Rivière aux Saumons | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean |
| MRC | Le Domaine-du-Roy Regional County Municipality |
| Municipality | Saint-Félicien |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Unidentified lake |
| • location | L'Île-d'Anticosti |
| • coordinates | 49°27′55″N 62°50′15″W / 49.46528°N 62.83750°W |
| • elevation | 187 m (614 ft) |
| Mouth | Gulf of Saint Lawrence |
• location | L'Île-d'Anticosti |
• coordinates | 49°25′13″N 62°14′4″W / 49.42028°N 62.23444°W |
• elevation | 1 m (3.3 ft) |
| Length | 48.7 km (30.3 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | (upstream) Stream (from the northeast), stream (from the north), discharge from three lakes, 5 streams from the north, discharge from a lake, discharge (from the north) from several lakes, 2 discharges from the lakes. |
| • right | (upstream) 2 discharges from lakes, stream, discharge from several small lakes, discharge from several small lakes, stream (from the southwest), stream (from the west), 2 discharges from lakes. |
The rivière aux Saumons (English: Salmon River) is a stream 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 the province of Quebec, in Canada.
A forest road serves the intermediate and lower part of its course. An airport is set up in the chasms sector to accommodate tourist activities. Forestry is the main economic activity in this area; recreational tourism activities, secondly, in particular salmon fishing and excursions in the sinkhole sector.