Matane River

The Matane River is a river flowing in La Matanie Regional County Municipality, in administrative region of Bas-Saint-Laurent, on the Gaspé Peninsula, in the province of Quebec, Canada, which empties into the Saint Lawrence River at the city of Matane.

Matane River
Mouth of the Matane River
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionBas-Saint-Laurent
MRCLa Matanie Regional County Municipality
Physical characteristics
Sourcestreams on the western slope of Mont Blanc
  locationRivière-Bonjour (canton Le Clercq)
  coordinates48°47′08″N 66°52′57″W
  elevation350 m (1,150 ft)
MouthSaint Lawrence River
  location
Matane
  coordinates
48°51′11″N 67°32′01″W
  elevation
1 m (3.3 ft)
Length105.3 km (65.4 mi)
Basin features
Tributaries 
  left(upstream) Petchedetz River, Bastien Creek, Johnson Creek, Towagodi River, Tamagodi River, Simonneau Creek, Chandler Creek, Martel Creek, rivière à la Truite, Desjarlais Creek, Ouelette Creek, Camp Creek, Donetgay Creek
  right(upstream) Lac Blanchette and Lac Bernier outlet, Gagnon stream, Petite rivière Matane, Saint-Jean stream, Pitounes stream, Duvivier River

The river successively crosses the cantons: Le Clercq and Cuoq (in unorganized territory of Rivière-Bonjour), Tessier (in Saint-René-de-Matane), Matapédia (in Saint-Alexis-de-Matapédia), and Matane (in Saint-Léandre and the city of Matane).

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