Confluence - Montmorency River - St-Lawrence River
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Weathervane
N 46° 53.182 W 071° 08.620
19T E 336683 N 5194767
La rivière Montmorency est un affluent de la rive nord du fleuve Saint-Laurent. Elle coule dans la municipalité régionale de comté (MRC) de la Côte-de-Beaupré. The Montmorency River is a river in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. It drains into the Saint Lawrence River, about 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) downstream from Quebec City.
Waymark Code: WMT3JH
Location: Québec, Canada
Date Posted: 09/19/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member fi67
Views: 22

La rivière prend sa source dans la réserve faunique des Laurentides, à 80 km au nord de la ville de Québec. La zone de tête de cette rivière se situe tout près de la ligne de partage des eaux entre les rivières Jacques-Cartier, rivière Montmorency et Malbaie.

La rivière Montmorency coule du nord vers le sud sur une longueur d'environ 97 km. Son bassin versant couvre environ 1 100 km2 de terres aux trois-quarts boisées et en grande partie inhabitées.

Tout près de son embouchure, à la limite des villes de Québec et de Boischatel, la rivière franchit une ligne de faille et forme la célèbre chute Montmorency.

Bassin collecteur: Fleuve Saint-Laurent

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The Montmorency River flows from Lake Montmorency in a southerly direction through the undeveloped Canadian Shield of the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve. Reaching the northern part of the municipality of Château-Richer, it flows between high rocky cliffs that in some places are more than 600 metres (1,969 ft) high. Thereafter, it passes through the municipalities of Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval, Beauport, and Boischatel, where the course of the river is characterized by the presence of numerous rapids before plunging 83 metres (272 ft) over the Montmorency Falls.

Confluence: St-Lawrence River

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Parking Coordinates: N46 53.182 W 71 8.620

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