Saint-Paul River
| Saint-Paul River Rivière Saint-Paul | |
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| Native name | Aiahtshimeu Hipu Error {{native name checker}}: parameter value is malformed (help) |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Côte-Nord |
| RCM | Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Gulf of Saint Lawrence |
• coordinates | 51°28′10″N 57°42′05″W / 51.4694444°N 57.7013889°W |
• elevation | 0 metres (0 ft) |
| Basin size | 7,158 square kilometres (2,764 sq mi) |
The Saint-Paul River (French: Rivière Saint-Paul) is a salmon river in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. It empties into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.
Location
The river rises on the height of land between the Atlantic and Saint Lawrence. It flows in a southerly direction for about 160 kilometres (99 mi), and empties into Esquimaux Bay in the Vieux Fort archipelago, about 35 kilometres (22 mi) west of the municipality of Blanc-Sablon. The last fifteen kilometers of its course define the boundary between the cantons of Chevalier and Bonne-Esperance.[1] The mouth of the river is in the municipality of Bonne-Espérance in Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality.[2] The village of Rivière-Saint-Paul is located on the west side of its mouth.[1]
Name
The Inuit who once lived at the river mouth called the river the Quitzezaqui River", meaning "Great River". The Naskapi call it Aisimeu Shipu, meaning "Eskimo River", while the Innu use Aiahtshimeu Hipu, also meaning "Eskimo River".[1] Louis Jolliet arrived at the river on 7 July 1694, and called it Rivière des Esquimaux. It was also called Grande Rivière. In March 1706 Jean-Amador Godefroy de Saint-Paul (1649-1730) was granted a trading concession at the river mouth, which was renamed the Rivière Saint-Paul.[3]
Basin
The river basin covers 7,158 square kilometres (2,764 sq mi). It lies between the basins of the Napetipi River to the west and the Belles Amours River to the east.[4] It is partly in the unorganized territory of Petit-Mécatina and partly in the municipality of Bonne-Espérance.[5] The river basin include part of the proposed Basses Collines du Lac Guernesé Biodiversity Reserve.[6] A map of the ecological regions of Quebec shows the river in sub-regions 6o-T, 6n-T and 6m-S of the east spruce/moss subdomain.[7]
Fishing
The river is recognized as an Atlantic salmon river.[8] In 2018 harvesting of large salmon was allowed for only part of the year.[9] In 2013–2017 an average of 126 salmon were reported caught each year in the river.[10] The Club de pêche au saumon Saint-Paul provides outfitting services.[11]
Notes
- ^ a b c Rivière Saint-Paul, Commission.
- ^ Rivière Saint-Paul, Ressources naturelles.
- ^ Rivière-Saint-Paul, Commission.
- ^ Bourdon et al. 2015, p. 20.
- ^ Bourdon et al. 2015, p. 64.
- ^ Bourdon et al. 2015, p. 90.
- ^ Saucier et al. 2011.
- ^ Liste des rivières à saumon.
- ^ Bilan de l’exploitation du saumon au Québec en 2018, p. 5.
- ^ Bilan de l’exploitation du saumon au Québec en 2018, p. 235.
- ^ Bourdon et al. 2015, p. 88.
Sources
- Bilan de l’exploitation du saumon au Québec en 2018 (PDF) (in French), Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs, May 2019, retrieved 2019-10-14
- Bourdon, Philippe; Ibrahim, Ghassen; Luce, Myriam; NantobBikatui, N'Binkéna; Othoniel, Clara; Tremblay, Yohann (April 2015), Portrait préliminaire de la zone de gestion intégrée de l'eau par bassin versant (PDF) (in French), OBV Duplessis, retrieved 2019-09-24
- Liste des rivières à saumon (PDF) (in French), Quebec government, retrieved 2019-10-11
- Rivière Saint-Paul (in French), Commission de toponymie du Québec, retrieved 2019-10-14
- Rivière Saint-Paul (in French), Ressources naturelles Canada, retrieved 2019-10-14
- Rivière-Saint-Paul (in French), Commission de toponymie du Québec, retrieved 2019-10-14
- Saucier, J.-P.; Robitaille, A.; Grondin, P.; Bergeron, J.-F.; Gosselin, J. (2011), Les régions écologiques du Québec méridional (PDF) (map), 4 (in French), Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune, retrieved 2019-09-26