| Assemetquagan River | |
|---|---|
 | |
| 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):
- Avignon Regional County Municipality (in administrative region Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine): unorganized territory of New River: Fauvel (township); and municipality of Saint-André, New Brunswick in Restigouche County;
- La Matapedia Regional County Municipality (in administrative region of Bas-Saint-Laurent): unorganized territory of Routhierville, Quebec: Assemetquagan (township).
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.
- ^ a b "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 2339". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ Toponymy: Assemetquagan river>
- ^ Andre Faubert, River Assemetquagan (01-15-20-00) - from beaver Creek at the mouth of the Matapedia Archived August 6, 2010, at the Wayback Machine