Du Chef River

Du Chef
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean
Physical characteristics
Source	Five Axe, Rivière-Mistassini, Quebec (unorganized territory), RCM Maria-Chapdelaine
• location	Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec
• coordinates	49°19′30″N 73°48′56″W / 49.32500°N 73.81556°W / 49.32500; -73.81556
• elevation	454 m (1,490 ft)
Mouth	Ashuapmushuan River
• location	Lac-Ashuapmushuan, Quebec (unorganized territory), RCM Le Domaine-du-Roy, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec
• coordinates	49°20′21″N 73°23′36″W / 49.33917°N 73.39333°W / 49.33917; -73.39333
• elevation	382 m (1,253 ft)
Length	155.6 km (96.7 mi)[1]
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	(upstream) outlet of lake Marie outlet of lakes Pierre and Loubinois outlet of lake Lano Crochue River outlet of lake Bluche outlet of lakes Hôtesse, Daguilne and Cardonnet outlet of lake de l’Impasse outlet of lakes Grun and du Petit Val outlet of lake Diou Nestaocano River outlet of lakess Bagas and Jans outlet of lake Nandy Dorée River (Du Chef River) outlet of lake des Tadornes De la Petite Meule River outlet of lake Resserré outlet of lake du Bastion outlet of lake du Foiran.
• right	(upstream) outlet of lake Mackard outlet of lake Gez outlet of lakes Fuaux and Ham outlet of lake Géry outlet of lakes Njaw, des Violettes, Ciouane and Vias outlet of lakes Achain, outlet of lakes Malbo and Laix outlet of lake Citoys outlet of lake Dorat Dobleau River outlet of lake Myon outlet of lake Toul outlet of lake Unias outlet of lakes Maray, Quint, Mendel, Houssereau and Vesin De l’Épervier River outlet of lakess Chard and des Sizerins outlet of lake de la Petite Grand-Mère (tributary of "De la Petite Grand-Mère River") outlet of lakes Ecly, Levé and Évisa Chonard River outlet of lake Complexe outlet of Lake des Canots.

The Du Chef River is a tributary of the Ashuapmushuan River, flowing into the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, in Quebec, in Canada. The course of the river crosses the Regional County Municipality (RCM) of:

• Maria-Chapdelaine: unorganized territory of Rivière-Mistassini, Quebec;
• Le Domaine-du-Roy: unorganized territory of Lac-Ashuapmushuan, Quebec.

The "Du Chef River" is the main tributary of the Ashuapmushuan River. It runs in the cantons of Bonne, Gauvin, Duberger, Thibaudeau, Saracen, Denys, Piat, Corbeil, Guyart, Aiguillon, Théberge and Desgly. The lower part of the river course is the separation between the RCM Le Domaine-du-Roy and the MRC Maria-Chapdelaine. While the intermediate and upper part of the river passes in the RCM of Le Domaine-du-Roy along more or less the limit of the two MRC. Forestry is the main economic activity of this valley; recreational tourism activities, second.

Forest Road R0203 (North-South direction) serves the valley of Hilarion River, "Du Chef River" and Nestaocano River; this road starting south at the junction of route 167 which links Chibougamau to Saint-Félicien, Quebec.

The surface of "Du Chef River" is usually frozen from early November to mid-May, however, safe ice circulation is generally from mid-November to mid-April.