Assemetquagan River | |
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Native name | Rivière Matapédia (French) |
Location | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Physical characteristics | |
Mouth | |
• location | Matapedia River |
• coordinates | 48°04′45″N 67°05′52″W / 48.07917°N 67.09778°W[1] |
Length | 50 km (31 mi) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | (from confluence) Saint-Étienne Brook, Purvis Brook, East Assemetquagan River |
• right | (from confluence) Falls brook, Doiron brook, Huit Milles brook, Creux brook, Castor brook, Lavoie brook, McDavid brook, Pratt canyon, West Assemetquagan River |
The Assemetquagan River is a freshwater river in the Matapedia Valley, in Quebec, in Canada.[1] Its water source lies within the Notre Dame Mountains, while it ends by flowing into the Matapedia River 20 kilometres (12 mi) North by Northwest of Matapédia, Quebec.
.[2] This river runs through the regional county municipalities (RCM):
The Assemetquagan river rises in the section of Chic-Choc Mountains (part of the Notre Dame Mountains) and flows into the Matapedia River in 20 kilometres (12 mi) of Matapedia, Quebec.[3] The river is part of the tourist region of Gaspésie in the tourist sub-region of Matapedia Valley.