| Patapédia River | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Lac-des-Eaux-Mortes, Quebec, La Mitis Regional County Municipality, Quebec |
| • coordinates | 48°15′41″N 67°57′53″W / 48.26139°N 67.96472°W |
| • elevation | 401 m (1,316 ft) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Ruisseau-Ferguson, Quebec (unorganized territory), Avignon Regional County Municipality, Quebec and Restigouche County, New Brunswick |
• coordinates | 47°50′38″N 67°22′28″W / 47.84389°N 67.37444°W |
• elevation | 78 m (256 ft) |
| Length | 91.2 km (56.7 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | (from the confluence) Trois-Milles brook, Quatre-Milles brook, Brûlé canyon, Fivemille brook, ruisseau du Sauvage (Sauvage brook), Guérette brook, Cinq-Mars brook, petit ruisseau Indien (Little Indian brook), ruisseau à l'Ours (Bear brook), Meadow River (Patapédia River), East Patapédia River, Muffet brook, Argenté brook. |
| • right | (from the confluence) in New Brunswick: Le Gros Ruisseau, Pollard Brook, discharge of Metsébagot Lake; in Quebec: Blacquière canyon, Wiers brook. |
The Patapédia River (French: Rivière Patapédia) is a tributary of the Restigouche River in Northwest New Brunswick and Southeast Quebec, in Canada.
The course of river in Quebec (upper segment) has its beginnings the Matapédia Valley in the regional county municipality of La Mitis of the Gaspé Peninsula, in the administrative region of Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, while its end forms the natural provincial border between Quebec and New Brunswick before flowing into the Restigouche River at the "Million Dollar Pool". Also known as the Patapédia Pool, the deep, cold reservoir gets its name from the abundance of salmon that gather there every season.[1]
The upper part of the river is served by forest roads in Zec du Bas-Saint-Laurent. The lower part of Quebec Bank of the river is served by forest roads from the Matapedia Valley such Thomas road, coming from the village of L'Ascension-de-Patapédia, Quebec. The New Brunswick bank of the river has no carrosables access roads because of the rugged mountains along the lower course of the river.