Rivière à l'Épaule
| Rivière à l'Épaule | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Capitale-Nationale |
| Regional County Municipality | La Jacques-Cartier and La Côte-de-Beaupré |
| Unorganized territory and a municipality | Lac-Jacques-Cartier and Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Petit lac à l'Épaule |
| • location | Lac-Jacques-Cartier |
| • coordinates | 47°07′11″N 71°21′30″W / 47.11972°N 71.35833°W |
| • elevation | 772 |
| Mouth | Jacques-Cartier River |
• location | Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury |
• coordinates | 47°07′11″N 71°21′34″W / 47.11972°N 71.35944°W |
• elevation | 243 m |
| Length | 25.0 km (15.5 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • right | (Upward from the mouth) Discharge of an unidentified mountain lake, discharge of a little and unidentified mountain lake, discharge of lac Huppé. |
The Rivière à l'Épaule (pronounced [ʁivjɛʁ a lepol]; French for 'Shoulder River') is a tributary of the Jacques-Cartier River, flowing in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in Quebec, Canada. The course of the river crosses the unorganized territory of Lac-Jacques-Cartier in the La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality, as well as the township municipality unis de Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury, located in the MRC La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality.
The course of the river flows entirely in the Jacques-Cartier National Park (at the eastern limit of the park) which is affiliated with the Société des établissements de plein air du Québec (Sépaq).
The Rivière à l'Épaule valley is mainly served on the east side by the route 175 which links the towns of Quebec and Saguenay. Some secondary roads serve this area for forestry and recreational tourism activities.
Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second.
The surface of the Rivière à l'Épaule (except the rapids) 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.