Rivière aux Sables (Saguenay River tributary)

Rivière aux Sables
Aluminum walkway spanning the "rivière aux Sables" in Saguenay (city)
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionSaguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean
Regional County MunicipalityLe Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality
CitySaguenay
Physical characteristics
SourceKenogami Lake
  locationSaguenay
  coordinates48°19′36″N 71°22′36″W / 48.32667°N 71.37666°W / 48.32667; -71.37666
  elevation164
MouthKenogami Lake
  location
Saguenay
  coordinates
48°26′34″N 71°14′49″W / 48.44278°N 71.24694°W / 48.44278; -71.24694
  elevation
67 m (220 ft)
Length11 km (6.8 mi)
Discharge 
  locationSaguenay
Basin features
Tributaries 
  left(from the mouth) Ruisseau des Chasseurs, ruisseau Desgagné.
  right(from the mouth) Ruisseau Ratté, ruisseau Dallaire.

The rivière aux Sables is a river of the city of Saguenay (city), in the administrative region of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, in Quebec, in Canada. This watercourse constitutes one of the two outlets of Kenogami Lake; it flows north to flow into the Saguenay River. It is the only river that crosses Jonquière.

The Saint-Jean-Baptiste street serves the West Bank; Saint-Dominique street serves the east bank. The "Boulevard du Royaume" and Price street serve the lower part. The autoroute 70 cuts the middle of the watercourse.

The surface of the "rivière aux Sables" is usually frozen from the end of November to the beginning of April, however the safe circulation on the ice is generally done from mid-December to the end of March.