Rivière du Lac
| Rivière du Lac | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Capitale-Nationale |
| City | Quebec (city) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Confluence of two streams |
| • location | Quebec (city) |
| • coordinates | 46°55′52″N 71°14′10″W / 46.93108°N 71.23615°W |
| • elevation | 270 m |
| Mouth | Montmorency River |
• location | Quebec (city) |
• coordinates | 46°56′04″N 71°11′40″W / 46.93444°N 71.19444°W |
• elevation | 165 m |
| Length | 4.1 km (2.5 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | (Upward from the mouth) Discharge from an unidentified lake, unidentified stream. |
| • right | Sainte-Marie stream (outlet of "Lac à Monette") |
The rivière du Lac (English: River of the lake) is a tributary of the west bank of the Montmorency River. This watercourse flows on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River, in the city of Quebec, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.
This valley is mainly served by the Lac-des-Roches road which passes on the north bank of this watercourse. Forestry is the main economic activity in this valley; second resort; agriculture (in the lower part around the village of Côte-du-Lac), third.
The surface of the Lac river is generally frozen from the beginning of December until the end of March; however, safe circulation on the ice is generally done from mid-December to mid-March. The water level of the river varies with the seasons and the precipitation; the spring flood occurs in March or April.