| Petite rivière Malbaie | |
| Name Other: | Old name: "Petite rivière" |
| Pushpin Map: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Capitale-Nationale |
| Subdivision Type4: | Regional County Municipality |
| Subdivision Name4: | Charlevoix Regional County Municipality |
| Subdivision Type5: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name5: | Lac-Pikauba |
| Length: | 13.6km (08.5miles) |
| Source1: | Petit lac Malbaie |
| Source1 Location: | Lac-Pikauba |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 47.7668°N -70.6723°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 861 m |
| Mouth: | Malbaie River |
| Mouth Location: | Lac-Pikauba |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 47.7189°N -70.7944°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 660 m |
| Tributaries Left: | (Upstream from the mouth) Lake Carré outlet, unidentified stream, Pointu lake outlet, unidentified stream, Lac de la Galette and Lac Rameau outlet, Lac de Foin and Second lac Josée-Marie, three streams, outlet of two lakes. |
| Tributaries Right: | (Upstream from the mouth) Discharge from Versant Lake, discharge from Gérard Lake, discharge from a small lake, unidentified stream, discharge from Vernier Lake, discharge from Amik Lake, discharge from Rocheux Lake, discharge from Cabane Lake (via the lake Équerre), discharge from an unidentified lake (via the lake Équerre), discharge from the Shrink Lake. |
The Petite rivière Malbaie (English: Little Malbaie River) is a tributary of the east bank of the Malbaie River, flowing in the unorganized territory of Lac-Pikauba, in the Charlevoix Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. This watercourse crosses zec des Martres and Grands-Jardins National Park.
The intermediate part of this small valley is accessible via the forest road route 381. Forestry is the main economic activity in this valley; recreational tourism, second.
The surface of the Petite Rivière Malbaie is generally frozen from the end of November to the beginning of March; however, safe circulation on the ice is generally done from the beginning of December to the beginning of April. The water level of the river varies with the seasons and the precipitation; the spring flood generally occurs in April.
The Petite rivière Malbaie rises from Petit lac Malbaie (length: ; altitude:), located in a forest area in the zec des Martres. This lake is landlocked between the mountains, particularly the cliffs of the eastern shore, in Lac-Pikauba. This lake is mainly fed by the discharge of a set of small lakes (coming from the west) and two small streams flowing into the southern part of the lake. The mouth of this small lake is located to the southwest, at:
From the mouth of Petit lac Malbaie, the course of the Petite rivière Malbaie descends on, with a drop of, according to the following segments:
The Petite rivière Malbaie flows on the east bank of the Malbaie River, in Lac-Pikauba. This mouth is located at:
In his Journal of the year 1731 [transcription of Serge Goudreau], Louis Aubert de Lachesnaye describes this watercourse in the form of “Petite riviere de la Malbaye”: “When you are at the Pointe au Pique, you do the south south west half quarter place. When you have passed the anance from the point to the Pique, you usually wet the building. We go south-west and south-west quarter west to the little river of Malbaye ["little river of the malbaye" in the manuscript] which does not carry canoe distance from a place "[September 15, 1731].
This topographic designation appears on the map of the Laurentides Park (today sector of the Grands-Jardins National Park) and on the regional map number 3-East, 1943, section 23 NW. Rivière Petite is a variant of this name.
The toponym "Petite rivière Malbaie" was formalized on December 5, 1968 at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]