Rivière aux Saumons (Anticosti Island)

Rivière aux Saumons
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionSaguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
MRCLe Domaine-du-Roy Regional County Municipality
MunicipalitySaint-Félicien
Physical characteristics
SourceUnidentified lake
  locationL'Île-d'Anticosti
  coordinates49°27′55″N 62°50′15″W / 49.46528°N 62.83750°W / 49.46528; -62.83750
  elevation187 m (614 ft)
MouthGulf of Saint Lawrence
  location
L'Île-d'Anticosti
  coordinates
49°25′13″N 62°14′4″W / 49.42028°N 62.23444°W / 49.42028; -62.23444
  elevation
1 m (3.3 ft)
Length48.7 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.