Rivière Noire du Milieu
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| Rivière Noire du Milieu (Noire River of the Middle) | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Capitale-Nationale |
| Regional County Municipality | Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality |
| Unorganized territory | Mont-Élie |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Lac au Plongeon (Plongeon Lake) |
| • location | Mont-Élie (zec des Martres) |
| • coordinates | 47°51′49″N 70°08′20″W / 47.86373°N 70.13891°W |
| • elevation | 429 m (1,407 ft) |
| Mouth | Noire River |
• location | Mont-Élie |
• coordinates | 47°54′48″N 70°04′39″W / 47.91333°N 70.0775°W |
• elevation | 210 m (690 ft) |
| Length | 9.9 km (6.2 mi)[1] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Mont-Élie |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Ruisseau Brosseau (via Bataram bay). |
| • right | Discharge of Sabrina Lake. |
The rivière Noire du Milieu (Black River of the Middle) is a tributary of the south shore of the Noire River, flowing entirely into the unorganized territory of Mont-Élie, Quebec, in the Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality, in Capitale-Nationale, in Quebec, Canada. The upper part is in the zec des Martres, around Plongeon Lake.
The lower part of this valley is served by route 170 which links Saint-Siméon to Petit-Saguenay, which passes on the north shore of the Noire River. This valley has some secondary forest roads for forestry and recreational tourism purposes.[2][3]
Forestry is the first economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism activities, second.
The surface of the Black River Middle is usually frozen from early December to late March, however, safe ice movement is generally from mid-December to mid-March.
The main hydrographic slopes near the Black River are:
- North side: Noire River, Saguenay River;
- East side: rivière Noire Sud-Ouest, Noire River, St. Lawrence River;
- South side: rivière Noire Sud-Ouest, Snigole River, Malbaie River, Jacob River, Quebec;
- West side: Petit Saguenay River.
The "rivière Noire du Milieu" originates at the mouth of Lake Plongeon (length: 3.2 km (2.0 mi), altitude: 429 m (1,407 ft)). This source is located at:
- 7.3 km (4.5 mi) south of its mouth (confluence with the Noire River);
- 20.0 km (12.4 mi) southwest of the mouth of the Noire River with the Gulf of St. Lawrence;
- 8.2 km (5.1 mi) north-east of the head lake of the Petit Saguenay River;
- 10.4 km (6.5 mi) northwest of the hamlet Mont-Grand-Fonds.
From its source (Plongeon Lake), the course of the "rivière Noire du Milieu" descends on 9.9 km (6.2 mi) according to the following segments:
- 0.9 km (0.56 mi) northerly following the outlet of Lac au Plongeon to Bataram Bay, which is attached to Lac aux Îlots;
- 3.3 km (2.1 mi) crossing Lac aux Îlots (length: 3.2 km (2.0 mi); altitude: 404 m (1,325 ft)) and bypassing a peninsula attached to the west bank to its mouth;
- 1.6 km (0.99 mi) first westward across a body of water over most of this segment (elbow-shaped, where the current is heading north) to its mouth;
- 0.7 km (0.43 mi) north, crossing a body of water (length: 0.7 km (0.43 mi); altitude: 399 km (248 mi)) on its full length formed by the widening of the river, to its mouth;
- 2.3 km (1.4 mi) northeasterly across a series of rapids to the outlet of Bataram Lake (from the west);
- 1.1 km (0.68 mi) to the northeast, crossing rapids and waterfalls, to its mouth.[4]
The mouth of the Middle Black River empties onto the south bank of the Black River in Mont-Élie. This confluence is located at:
- 16.6 km (10.3 mi) east of the mouth of the Noire River with the Gulf of St. Lawrence;
- 30.9 km (19.2 mi) south of the course of the Saguenay River;
- 15.7 km (9.8 mi) north of the hamlet Mont-Grand-Fonds.
