Patapédia River

For homonymy, see Patapédia.
Patapédia River
Country Canada
Basin
Main source Lac-des-Eaux-Mortes, Quebec, La Mitis Regional County Municipality,  Quebec
401
48°15′41″N 67°57′53″W / 48.26139°N 67.96472°W / 48.26139; -67.96472 (Primary source of Patapédia River)
River mouth Ruisseau-Ferguson, Quebec (unorganized territory), Avignon Regional County Municipality,  Quebec and Restigouche County,  New Brunswick
78
47°50′38″N 67°22′28″W / 47.84389°N 67.37444°W / 47.84389; -67.37444 (Mouth of Patapédia River)Coordinates: 47°50′38″N 67°22′28″W / 47.84389°N 67.37444°W / 47.84389; -67.37444 (Mouth of Patapédia River)
Alt. difference 323
Physical characteristics
Length 91.2
Features
Tributaries
  • Left:
    (from the confluence) Trois-Milles brook, Quatre-Milles brook, Brûlé canyon, Fivemille brook, ruisseau du Sauvage (Sauvage brook), Guérette brook, Cinq-Mars brook, petit ruisseau Indien (Little Indian brook), ruisseau à l'Ours (Bear brook), Meadow River (Patapédia River), East Patapédia River, Muffet brook, Argenté brook.
  • Right:
    (from the confluence) in New Brunswick: Le Gros Ruisseau, Pollard Brook, discharge of Metsébagot Lake; in Quebec: Blacquière canyon, Wiers brook.

The Patapédia River (French: Rivière Patapédia) is a tributary of the Restigouche River in Northwest New Brunswick and Southeast Quebec, in Canada.

The course of river in Quebec (upper segment) has its beginnings the Matapédia Valley in the regional county municipality of La Mitis of the Gaspé Peninsula, in the administrative region of Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, while its end forms the natural provincial border between Quebec and New Brunswick before flowing into the Restigouche River at the "Million Dollar Pool". Also known as the Patapédia Pool, the deep, cold reservoir gets its name from the abundance of salmon that gather there every season.[1]

The upper part of the river is served by forest roads in Zec du Bas-Saint-Laurent. The lower part of Quebec Bank of the river is served by forest roads from the Matapedia Valley such Thomas road, coming from the village of L'Ascension-de-Patapédia, Quebec. The New Brunswick bank of the river has no carrosables access roads because of the rugged mountains along the lower course of the river.

Geography

Patapedia river originates at Lac Long (Long Lake) (length: 2.1 kilometres (1.3 mi); height: 401 metres (1,316 ft)) in the unorganized territory of Lac-des-Eaux-Mortes, Quebec, in Zec du Bas-Saint-Laurent, in Quebec. This lake is located in the northern part of the Zec du Bas-Saint-Laurent or close to the limit of the ZEC and the Southeastern limit of the Massé township. The mouth of the lake is located at:

The Patapédia river flows on 91.2 kilometres (56.7 mi) generally toward the Southeast, entirely in forest land.

Upper course of Patapédia River (segment of 20.3 kilometres (12.6 mi))

From its source at the mouth of Long Lake, the Patapédia river flows:

Intermediate course upstream of Patapédia Lake (segment of 25.2 kilometres (15.7 mi))

From the mouth of the Patapédia Lake, the Patapédia river flows:

Intermediate course upstream of the East Patapédia River (segment of 11.6 kilometres (7.2 mi))

From the confluence of the East Patapédia River, the Patapédia river flows:

Lower course of the river Patapédia (segment of 34.1 kilometres (21.2 mi))

From the Southeast limit of the unorganized territory of Lac-des-Eaux-Mortes, Quebec, the Patapédia river delimits the Quebec (Roncesvalles Township) and the New Brunswick (Restigouche County), to the confluence of the river, as follows:

After rounding an island at the confluence, the Patapédia River empties into a river bend on the West bank of the Restigouche River, on the edge of the unorganized territory of Ruisseau-Ferguson, Quebec, of the regional county municipality (MRC) of Avignon Regional County Municipality. This confluence forms the boundary of Quebec and New Brunswick and is located at:

Toponymy

The toponym "Patapédia River" has been officialized ont December 5, 1968 at Commission de toponymie du Québec (Quebec Place Names Board).[3]

Fishes and Wildlife

Patapédia river is known for its fishing Atlantic salmon and Castillons.[4] The CGRMP (Corporation de Gestion des Rivières Matapédia et Patapédia - Management Corporation of Rivers Matapedia and Patapédia) administers sport fishing area of the river; it is a non-profit organization constituted as of March 5 1991 under the 3rd part of "Loi des compagnies du Québec". This creation resulted of the grouping of 23 municipalities spread over two Regional County Municipality (RCM): La Matapedia Regional County Municipality and Avignon Regional County Municipality.

The upstream migration of salmon in the Patapédia Rive is usually done in early June, while between 600 and 1,000 specimens date back its course. The recreational salmon fishery usually opens in early June for a period of three months. The heyday of the fishing season is between the last week of June and the second week of August. The CGRMP offers accommodation in all sectors.

Patapédi river is divided in three sectors for fishing quotas. Fishing rights are drawn. The first sector includes 16 tanks (including Big Indian, Ravin Brûlé and Twin Upper); the second includes 38 tanks (including Berge red Fosse Swimming and Hewitt); the third sector includes 20 tanks (including Field of Blueuts, Fosse Albini and Salmon Hole).[4]

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See also

References

  1. Lee, Philip (29 Aug 1998). "Restigouche River, New Brunswick". New Brunswick Reader. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  2. Segments of the river measured from the Atlas of Canada (posted on Internet), Ministry Canada's Natural Resources
  3. Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of place names - Toponym: "Patapédia River"
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