Portneuf River East
| Portneuf River East Old name: « Bras Nord-Est de la Rivière Portneuf » | |
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| Native name | Rivière Portneuf Est (French) |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Côte-Nord |
| Regional County Municipality | La Haute-Côte-Nord Regional County Municipality |
| Unorganized territory | Lac-au-Brochet |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Émilien Lake |
| • location | Lac-au-Brochet, MRC La Haute-Côte-Nord Regional County Municipality, Côte-Nord, Quebec, Canada |
| • coordinates | 48°59′10″N 70°01′53″W / 48.98619°N 70.03151°W |
| • elevation | 586 m (1,923 ft) |
| Mouth | Portneuf River (Côte-Nord) |
• location | Lac-au-Brochet |
• coordinates | 48°48′42″N 69°46′35″W / 48.81166°N 69.77639°W |
• elevation | 382 m (1,253 ft) |
| Length | 37.7 km (23.4 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | (Upward from the mouth) Lake Gaston outlet; discharge of a set of lakes including Lac Tremblay and Bouchard; discharge from lakes Mulot, Durand, Pellerin, Eugène, Étroit, Cerda, Cap Brun and du Rocher; Lac Éric outlet; outlet of Lake Nano. |
| • right | (Upward from the mouth) Lac du Loup Marin outlet, Lac la Botte outlet, Plate River (Portneuf River East), Lac du Chicot outlet, Lac Mimi outlet, Lento, Éphod and Antoine lakes outlet, Lac Hou, outlet of Lac Raymond. |
The Portneuf East River is a tributary of the Portneuf River, flowing on the northwest shore of the Saint Lawrence River, in the territory from Lac-au-Brochet, in the La Haute-Côte-Nord Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Côte-Nord, Quebec, Canada.
From route 138, the forest road “Chemin de la Rivière des Cèdres” goes up the valley of the Portneuf river to the mouth of the Rivière des Cèdres. From there, a secondary forest road goes north-west to the peninsula south of the mouth of the Portneuf East river. The mountainous topography of the Portneuf East River hinders the development of a forest road for this valley.
Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second.
The surface of the Portneuf East River is usually frozen from the end of November to the beginning of April; however, safe circulation on the ice is generally made from mid-December to the end of March.