Pascagama River

Pascagama
River
Country Canada
Province Quebec
Region Nord-du-Québec
Source Marceau Lake
 - location La Tuque, Mauricie, Quebec
 - elevation 464 m (1,522 ft)
 - coordinates 48°57′06″N 75°01′22″W / 48.95167°N 75.02278°W / 48.95167; -75.02278
Mouth Pascagama Lake
 - location Senneterre, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec
 - elevation 393 m (1,289 ft)
 - coordinates 48°37′52″N 75°33′25″W / 48.63111°N 75.55694°W / 48.63111; -75.55694Coordinates: 48°37′52″N 75°33′25″W / 48.63111°N 75.55694°W / 48.63111; -75.55694
Length 82.5 km (51.3 mi) [1]
Watershed of Nottaway River

The Pascagama River is a tributary of Pascagama Lake. It flows in the Northwest of Quebec, in Canada, in the administrative regions of:

Forestry is the main economic activity of this watershed; recreational tourism activities come second.

The surface of the river is usually frozen from early November to the end of April, however, safe ice circulation is generally from early December to mid-April.

Geography

The Pascagama River originates at the mouth of Lake Marceau (length: 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi), altitude: 465 metres (1,526 ft)) in Marceau Township. The mouth of this lake is located at:

From the mouth of Marceau Lake, the Pascagama River flows over 82.5 kilometres (51.3 mi), according to the following segments:

  • 13.9 kilometres (8.6 mi) northwesterly forming two northeasterly curves to the northeastern shore of an unidentified lake;
  • 2.9 kilometres (1.8 mi) to the southwest, including crossing an unidentified lake (length: 2.1 kilometres (1.3 mi); altitude: 425 metres (1,394 ft), up to at the limit of the township of Buteux;
  • 10.9 kilometres (6.8 mi) southwesterly in the township of Buteaux, to the limit of the canton of Lagacé;
  • 19.5 kilometres (12.1 mi) southwesterly, forming a southward curve at the beginning of the segment, to the eastern limit of the township of Coursol;
  • 4.4 kilometres (2.7 mi) southerly overlapping the limit of the Lagacé and Coursol townships, and forming a loop towards the east, to the middle of an unidentified lake (altitude: 394 metres (1,293 ft));
  • 9.7 kilometres (6.0 mi) southwesterly through Coursol Township through areas of widening river to the northern limit of Juneau Township;
  • 17.3 kilometres (10.7 mi) southwesterly in the township of Juneau, forming a hook to the east of 0.6 kilometres (0.37 mi) to the east limit of the township of Deschamps;
  • 3.9 kilometres (2.4 mi) to the southwest in Deschamps Township in Senneterre to the mouth of the river [2].

The Pascagama River flows on the north shore of Pascagama Lake in the Township of Deschamps to:

Toponymy

The term "Pascagama" is of Algonquin origin and refers to a camp, dam, lake and river. The toponym "Pascagama River" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec, when the commission was created[3].

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "Atlas of Canada". atlas.nrcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
  2. ↑ River segments measured from the Atlas of Canada (published on the Internet) of the Department of Natural Resources Canada.
  3. ↑ Commission de toponymie du Quebec - Bank of Place Names - Toponym: "Pascagama River"
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