Manitou River (Quebec)
| Manitou River | |
|---|---|
Falls on Manitou river | |
| Native name | Rivière Manitou (French) |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Côte-Nord |
| RCM | Minganie |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Lac Caobus |
| • location | Lac-Jérôme |
| • coordinates | 51°21′06″N 65°27′57″W / 51.35177°N 65.46590°W |
| • elevation | 584 |
| Mouth | Gulf of Saint Lawrence |
• location | Rivière-du-Tonnerre |
• coordinates | 50°17′52″N 65°14′29″W / 50.29778°N 65.24139°W |
• elevation | 0 metres (0 ft) |
| Length | 148 kilometres (92 mi) |
| Basin size | 2,642 square kilometres (1,020 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 79 cubic metres per second (2,800 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Gulf of Saint Lawrence |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | (upstream) discharge of Lac à la Truite (via Eudist lake), discharge of lake Brézel, Petite rivière Manitou, 17 discharges (via lake Manitou), 16 discharges of a set of lakes. |
| • right | (upstream) ruisseau à Marcel, discharge of a set of lakes, discharge of lac à Farine and lac à Goémon, discharge of lake Rond (via lake Manitou), rivière à la Truite (via lake Manitou), discharge of Lac à Nazaire (via lake des Eudistes), ruisseau de l'Épinette (via lake des Eudistes), Lavaivre River (via lake des Eudistes), Lloyd River (via le lake Manitou). |
| Waterbodies | Eudist Lake, Lac du Canot, Lake Manitou |
| Waterfalls | Chute à Wallace, |
| Bridges | Route 138 |
| NRC Id | EHDEJ |
The Manitou River (French: Rivière Manitou) is a river flowing in the unorganized territory of Lac-Jérôme and in the municipality of Rivière-au-Tonnerre, in the Minganie Regional County Municipality, in the Côte-Nord region in the province of Quebec, Canada.
It flows through largely unspoiled wilderness, and has spectacular falls nears its mouth.
Although there is hydroelectric potential, projects to develop the river in this way have met popular resistance, and instead it has been proposed to protect the river with a national part or indigenous reserve.