Novide River

Novide
Harricana River basin in yellow
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Eeyou Istchee Baie-James (municipality)
Physical characteristics
Source	Creek in marsh area
• location	Eeyou Istchee Baie-James (municipality), Nord-du-Québec, Quebec
• coordinates	41°17′27″N 79°05′44″W
• elevation	16 m (52 ft)
Mouth	James Bay
• location	Eeyou Istchee Baie-James (municipalité), Nord-du-Québec, Quebec
• coordinates	51°32′05″N 79°15′15″W
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	30.2 km (18.8 mi)
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	(from the mouth) Nistam Utameau creek, Kachiskamisechishit creek.

The Novide River is a tributary of the south shore of Cabbage Willows Bay, sits on the Ministikawatin Peninsula, in the James Bay Reserve, in the municipality of Eeyou Istchee Baie-James, in Jamésie, in the administrative region of Nord-du-Québec, in Quebec, in Canada.

The surface of the river is usually frozen from early November to mid-May, however, safe ice circulation is generally from mid-November to mid-April.

Geography

The hydrographic slopes adjacent to the "Novide river" are:

• North side: Cabbage Willows Bay, Rupert Bay, James Bay, Inenw Passage;
• East side: Rupert's Bay, Nottaway River, Broadback River;
• South side: Iscouistic River, Missisicabi River, Octave River (Rupert Bay), Harricana River;
• West side: Harricana River, Hannah Bay.

The "Novide River" originates at 29.4 kilometres (18.3 mi) East of the Ontario border, at 29.6 kilometres (18.4 mi) Southeast of the mouth of Novide River (confluence with Cabbage Willows Bay); and at 12.9 kilometres (8.0 mi) West of the mouth of the Nottaway River.

The course of the "Novide River" runs on 38.0 kilometres (23.6 mi) skirting the Nesukauchi hill on the West, according to the following segments:

• 19.4 kilometres (12.1 mi) Northwest in marsh areas to Kachiskamisechishit Creek (from the South);
• 18.6 kilometres (11.6 mi) westward into marsh areas by collecting Nistam Utameu Creek (coming from the South) and crossing 1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi) of sandstone at its mouth.

The mouth of the "Little Missisicabi River" is located on the flanks of the eastern shore of Hannah Bay, in Quebec, an appendage South of James Bay. This mouth is located only 12.1 kilometres (7.5 mi) North of the mouth of the Harricana River at 103.8 kilometres (64.5 mi) East of the mouth of the Moose River, Ontario and 34.9 kilometres (21.7 mi) West of the mouth of the "Nottaway River".

Toponymy

The term "Novide" is a name of French origin.

The toponym Novide River was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Bank of Place Names of the Commission de toponymie du Québec, i.e. at the creation of this Commission.

See also

• James Bay Reserve
• Eeyou Istchee Baie-James (municipality), a municipality
• James Bay, a body of water
• List of rivers of Quebec