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Rivière à la Loutre (Témiscamingue)

Coordinates: 47°31′12″N 79°28′58″W / 47.52000°N 79.48278°W / 47.52000; -79.48278
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Rivière à la Loutre
Rivière à la Loutre (Témiscamingue) is located in Western Quebec
Rivière à la Loutre (Témiscamingue)
Location of mouth.
Rivière à la Loutre (Témiscamingue) is located in Quebec
Rivière à la Loutre (Témiscamingue)
Rivière à la Loutre (Témiscamingue) (Quebec)
Rivière à la Loutre (Témiscamingue) is located in Canada
Rivière à la Loutre (Témiscamingue)
Rivière à la Loutre (Témiscamingue) (Canada)
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionAbitibi-Témiscamingue
Regional County MunicipalityTémiscamingue Regional County Municipality
Physical characteristics
SourceLac de l'Argentier (ex-Lake d'Argent)
 • locationFugèreville
 • coordinates47°17′00″N 79°08′05″W / 47.28333°N 79.13472°W / 47.28333; -79.13472
 • elevation292 m (958 ft)
MouthLake Timiskaming
 • location
Saint-Bruno-de-Guigues
 • coordinates
47°31′12″N 79°28′58″W / 47.52000°N 79.48278°W / 47.52000; -79.48278
 • elevation
172 m (564 ft)
Length57.4 km (35.7 mi)
Basin features
ProgressionLake TimiskamingOttawa RiverSt. Lawrence RiverGulf of St. Lawrence

The rivière à la Loutre (English: Otter River) is a tributary of the upper part of the Ottawa River. Rivière à la Loutre crosses the territory of the municipalities of Fugèreville and Saint-Bruno-de-Guigues, in the regional county municipality (MRC) of Témiscamingue, in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, in Quebec, in Canada.

Geography

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Watershed of the Ottawa River.

The neighboring watersheds of the Rivière à la Loutre are:

The main tributary of the Rivière à la Loutre is the Laverlochère River (coming from the east).

Lac d'Argent (formerly Lac d'Argent) (altitude: 292 m (958 ft)) constitutes the head lake of Rivière à la Loutre. ”It is located west of Lac Brisebois and west of the village of Ville-Marie.

From Lac d'Argent, the Rivière à la Loutre flows on 8.1 km (5.0 mi) west, then north, to the south shore of Lac des Douze, which the current crosses on 2.1 km (1.3 mi) to the north; then 4.8 km (3.0 mi) north to the mouth of the Laverdochère river (coming from the north); then, 21.2 km (13.2 mi) (or 12.9 km (8.0 mi) in a direct line) westward, forming several small coils, until the outlet of a stream coming from the south; then 12.8 km (8.0 mi) (or 9.0 km (5.6 mi) in a direct line) northward, forming several coils, to the discharge (coming from the north) of Deep Lake (altitude: 222 m (728 ft)); then 8.4 km (5.2 mi) west and north, up to its mouth.

Along its course, the Rivière à la Loutre collects several agricultural streams and passing just south of the village of Fugèreville. Its mouth is located at 229 m (751 ft) of altitude in the sixth rang of Fugèreville. The river flows into Paulson Bay, on the east shore of Lake Timiskaming, on the Ottawa River.

Toponymy

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The toponym Rivière à la Loutre was made official on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[1]

See also

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