Rivière aux Saumons (Anticosti Island)

Rivière aux Saumons
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionSaguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
MRCLe Domaine-du-Roy Regional County Municipality
MunicipalitySaint-Félicien
Physical characteristics
SourceUnidentified lake
 • locationL'Île-d'Anticosti
 • coordinates49°27′55″N 62°50′15″W / 49.46528°N 62.83750°W / 49.46528; -62.83750
 • elevation187 m (614 ft)
MouthGulf of Saint Lawrence
 • location
L'Île-d'Anticosti
 • coordinates
49°25′13″N 62°14′4″W / 49.42028°N 62.23444°W / 49.42028; -62.23444
 • elevation
1 m (3.3 ft)
Length48.7 km (30.3 mi)
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • left(upstream) Stream (from the northeast), stream (from the north), discharge from three lakes, 5 streams from the north, discharge from a lake, discharge (from the north) from several lakes, 2 discharges from the lakes.
 • right(upstream) 2 discharges from lakes, stream, discharge from several small lakes, discharge from several small lakes, stream (from the southwest), stream (from the west), 2 discharges from lakes.

The rivière aux Saumons (English: Salmon River) is a stream flowing into Gulf of St. Lawrence, flowing in the municipality of L'Île-d'Anticosti, in the Minganie Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Côte-Nord, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.

A forest road serves the intermediate and lower part of its course. An airport is set up in the chasms sector to accommodate tourist activities. Forestry is the main economic activity in this area; recreational tourism activities, secondly, in particular salmon fishing and excursions in the sinkhole sector.