| Rivière Saumon | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Outaouais |
| MRC | Papineau Regional County Municipality |
| Municipality | Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Lake Papineau |
| • location | Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours |
| • coordinates | 45°47′12″N 74°47′45″W / 45.78667°N 74.79583°W |
| • elevation | 171 m (561 ft) |
| Mouth | Ottawa River |
• location | Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours |
• coordinates | 45°38′49″N 74°54′50″W / 45.64694°N 74.91389°W |
• elevation | 36 m (118 ft) |
| Length | 22.4 km (13.9 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Ottawa River→ St. Lawrence River→ Gulf of St. Lawrence |
| River system | Ottawa River drainage basin |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | (upstream) agricultural stream, mountain stream, discharge of a set of lakes, mountain stream, discharge from Maholey Lake, discharge from Collins Lake, Bent Creek. |
| • right | (upstream) Pesant creek, discharge from Lac Écho, discharge from Lac Presseau, discharge from a set of lakes, West Saumon river, discharge from Lake Balsam, discharge from Lac du Cèdre, stream (via Lac Poisson Blanc), stream (via Lac Poisson Blanc), discharge of three small lakes. |
The rivière Saumon (English: Salmon River) is a watercourse flowing southwest by crossing only the territory of the municipality of Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours, in the Papineau Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Outaouais, in Quebec, in Canada.
Recreational and tourist activities are the main economic activity in this valley; forestry, second; and agriculture at the bottom.[1]