Rivière du Mont Saint-Étienne

Rivière du Mont Saint-Étienne
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionCapitale-Nationale
Regional County MunicipalityLa Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality
MunicipalityLac-Jacques-Cartier, Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges
Physical characteristics
SourceDeuxième lac Lunch
  locationLac-Jacques-Cartier
  coordinates47°14′21″N 70°56′56″W / 47.23913°N 70.94890°W / 47.23913; -70.94890
  elevation753 m
MouthSainte-Anne River (Beaupré)
  location
Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges
  coordinates
47°11′03″N 70°48′36″W / 47.18417°N 70.81°W / 47.18417; -70.81
  elevation
324 m
Length180 km (110 mi)
Basin features
Tributaries 
  left(Upward from the mouth) Discharge from an unidentified lake, unidentified stream, discharge from an unidentified lake, three unidentified streams.
  right(Upward from the mouth) Three unidentified streams, Southwest Arm of the Rivière du Mont Saint-Étienne, five unidentified streams, outlet of Lac Coeur, unidentified stream, stream (via Second Lynch Lake).

The rivière du Mont Saint-Étienne (English: Mont Saint-Etienne river) is a tributary of the Sainte-Anne river, flowing on the north bank of the Saint Lawrence River, in the unorganized territory of Lac-Jacques-Cartier and the municipality of Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges, in the La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.

The lower part of this small valley is served by chemin de l'Abitibi-Price, chemin du rang Saint-Marie and chemin Clairval. Chemin du rang Saint-Édouard runs southwest of the middle part of the river course. The upper part is served by a secondary forest road passing on the north side of the river and which connects to the southeast with the Abitibi-Price road. Forestry is the main economic activity in this valley; recreational tourism, second.

The surface of the lower part of the Mont Saint-Étienne river is generally frozen from the beginning of December until the end of March; however, safe traffic on the ice is generally from mid-December to mid-March. The upper part has a freezing period of about an additional week. The water level of the river varies with the seasons and the precipitation; the spring flood occurs in March or April.