Saint-Louis River (Valin River tributary) explained

The Saint-Louis River is a tributary of the Valin River, flowing on the northwest shore of the Saint Lawrence River, in the unorganized territory of Mont-Valin and the municipality of Saint-David-de-Falardeau, in the Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, in the Province of Quebec, in Canada.

The forest road R0201 serves most of the hydrographic slope of the Saint-Louis river, for the needs of forestry and recreational tourism activities. The mouth of this river flows to the northwest limit of the Monts-Valin National Park.^[1]

Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second.

The surface of the Saint-Louis River is usually frozen from the end of November to the beginning of April, however the safe circulation on the ice is generally made from mid-December to the end of March.

Geography

The main watersheds neighboring the Saint-Louis river are:

• North side: Nisipi River, Shipshaw River, Tête Blanche River, Onatchiway Lake, Little Onatchiway Lake;
• East side: Martin-Valin Lake, Sainte-Marguerite River, North Arm, Moncouche lake;
• South side: Valin River, Shipshaw River, rivière des Outardes, North arm, Canoe arms, arm of Hell, Fournier Arm;
• West side: canoe arms, Lake La Mothe, Étienne River, Tchitogama Lake, White River, Shipshaw River, Péribonka River.

The Saint-Louis river takes its source from an unidentified lake (length: ; altitude:). A mountain peak in the southwest reaches of elevation. This source is located in the unorganized territory of Mont-Valin at:

• West of Moncouche Lake;
• South-West of lake Poulin-De Courval;
• ) east of a bay of La Mothe lake which is crossed to the south by the Shipshaw River;
• North of the mouth of the Valin river (confluence with the Saguenay River).^[2]

From the head lake, the Saint-Louis river flows over, entirely in the forest zone, according to the following segments:

Upper course of the Saint-Louis river (segment of)

• towards the North, then towards the West by crossing Lac Croteau (length: ; altitude:) on its full length to its mouth;
• westwards, up to a bend in the river;
• towards the South-West by meandering, up to the Céline stream (coming from the North);
• towards the South-West, then the South by collecting Le Gros Ruisseau at the end of the segment and meandering up to the women's stream (coming from the East);

Lower course of the Saint-Louis river (segment of)

• towards the South-East by collecting the stream at Vimy (coming from the West) and the stream Alcide (coming from the West), up to the stream at La Raquette (coming from the Northeast);
• towards the south by crossing Savard Falls at the end of the segment, up to Savard stream (coming from the West);
• towards the South-East by entering the municipality of Saint-David-de-Falardeau and by forming a loop towards the North-East at the end of the segment, until the mouth of the river.^[3]

The Saint-Louis river flows at the bottom of a small bay on the west bank of the Valin River. This mouth is located at:

• Southeast of La Mothe lake which is crossed by the Shipshaw river;
• north of downtown Saguenay;
• North of the mouth of the Valin river;
• West of the mouth of the Saguenay river (confluence with the St. Lawrence river).^{[3] [4]}

Toponymy

The term "Saint-Louis" is a family name of French origin.

The toponym of “Saint-Louis river” was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.^[5]

See also

• Saint-David-de-Falardeau, a municipality
• Mont-Valin, a TNO
• Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality
• Saguenay River, a stream
• List of rivers of Quebec

Notes and references

External links

• Official site of the MRC Le Fjord-du-Saguenay

Notes and References

1. https://tools.wmflabs.org/osm4wiki/cgi-bin/wiki/wiki-osm.pl?project=en&article=Rivière_Saint-Louis Open Street Map - Accessed September 23, 2018
2. JDMGÉO.COM - Province of Quebec - Maps of Quebec at scale 1: 250,000
3. Web site: Atlas du Canada by the Department of Natural Resources Canada Characteristics extracted from the geographic map, the database and the instrumentation of the site. 12 September 2016. 23 September 2018.
4. Search map relating to the Saint-Louis river, carried out in September 2018, by Gaétan Veillette, historian.
5. http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/fiche.aspx?no_seq=57111 Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of Place Names - Toponym Rivière Saint-Louis