Rivière aux Pommes
| Rivière aux Pommes | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Capitale-Nationale |
| Regional County Municipality | Portneuf Regional County Municipality |
| Municipality | Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, Pont-Rouge et Neuville |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Little and unidentified lake |
| • location | Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier |
| • coordinates | 46°49′39″N 71°34′33″W / 46.82750°N 71.57583°W |
| • elevation | 139 |
| Mouth | Jacques-Cartier River |
• location | Donnacona |
• coordinates | 46°41′50″N 71°44′11″W / 46.69722°N 71.73639°W |
• elevation | 50 m |
| Length | 38 km (24 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | (Upward from the mouth) Noire River (rivière aux Pommes), cours d'eau du Village-de-la-Madeleine, ruisseau Sainte-Jeanne. |
| • right | (Upward from the mouth) Décharge du Lac de Mes Rêves, ruisseau des Soeurs. |
The rivière aux Pommes is a tributary of the Jacques-Cartier River, flowing in the municipalities of Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, Pont-Rouge, Neuville and Donnacona, in the Portneuf Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in Quebec, Canada.
The Rivière aux Pommes valley is mainly served by the route 365, the route 367 and the autoroute 40 which links the cities of Quebec and Trois-Rivières. Some secondary roads serve this area for agricultural purposes.
Apart from hamlets or village areas, agriculture is the main economic activity in the sector; forestry, second.
The surface of the Rivière aux Pommes (except the rapids areas) is generally frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March; safe circulation on the ice is generally done from the end of December to the beginning of March. The water level of the river varies with the seasons and the precipitation; the spring flood occurs in March or April.