| Matapedia River French: Rivière Matapédia | |
|---|---|
 Salmon fishing on the Matapedia River at "La fosse Les Fourches" (Forks pits) | |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Matapedia Lake, Quebec |
| • coordinates | 48°29′32″N 67°26′57″W / 48.49222°N 67.44917°W |
| • elevation | 158 kilometres (98 mi) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Restigouche River, Quebec |
• coordinates | 47°58′17″N 66°56′32″W / 47.97139°N 66.94222°W |
• elevation | 8 metres (26 ft) |
| Length | 112.7 kilometres (70.0 mi) |
| Basin size | 3,834 kilometres (2,382.34 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | (from confluence) Lagacé brook, Oilmour brook, Kaine brook, Clark brook, Assemetquagan River, Gerrer brook, ruisseau de la Montagne (Mountain brook), McCormick brook, Fraser brook, Lajoie brook, Laville brook, Causapscal River, Boudreau brook, Pearson brook, Sableux brook. |
| • right | (from confluence) Indian brook, Saint-Alexis brook, Robitaille brook, rivière du Moulin (Matapédia River), Milnikek River, Doyle brook, rivière Matalie, ruisseau de l'Aqueduc, ruisseau des Sauvages, rivière Humqui, Tobégote River, Saint-Pierre River, Sayabec River. |
The Matapedia River (French: Rivière Matapédia) is a river in the Matapedia Valley in the province of Quebec, Canada. It runs on 65 kilometres (40 mi) from Matapedia Lake down to the village of Matapédia where it empties into the left bank of Restigouche River on the provincial border of New Brunswick.[1]
This freshwater course forms a natural border between the administrative regions of Bas-Saint-Laurent and Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine. The river is a North South divide in the Notre Dame Mountains that characterize the relief of the Gaspé Peninsula. The Matapedia River basin drains an area of about 3,900 kilometres (2,423.35 mi). Matapedia River is often called the Salmon Capital .
From the South side of Matapedia Lake and going to the South, the route 132 along the river goes on its entire length by the East bank.
The Canadian National Railway passes South of Matapedia Lake continues on the West bank of the river in Causapscal where the bridge at South of the village made the railway cross on the East bank. The track then continues South on 8.5 kilometres (5.3 mi); then passes again in the West Bank via the railway bridge located at 1.1 kilometres (0.68 mi) North of the confluence of the creek Doyle. The railway then rest on the West bank up to the railway bridge at the confluence of the Rivière du Moulin (Matapedia River). From there, the last railway segment passes through the Eastern shore, up to the confluence of the Matapedia River.
- ^ "Gender (male or female) of rivers when their generic names (river, stream...) are omitted". Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 1 August 2009.[dead link]