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The Saguenay River (French: Rivière Saguenay, [ʁivjɛʁ saɡnɛ]) is a major river of Quebec, Canada. It drains Lac Saint-Jean in the Laurentian Highlands , leaving at Alma and running east; the city of Saguenay is located on the river.
The Commission de toponymie du Québec writes about it: “The name of this municipality of Saguenay, officially created in 1974, was borrowed from the river that flows there. However, the reason for the designation of this tributary of the Saguenay River, collected between Cape Éternité and Cape Trinité, is unknown.
With a land area of 98,712.71 km 2 (38,113.19 sq mi), Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean is the third-largest Quebec region after Nord-du-Québec and Côte-Nord. This region is bathed by two major watercourses, Lac Saint-Jean and the Saguenay River, both of which mark its landscape deeply and have been the main drives of its development in history. It ...
27.4 km (17.0 mi) southeast of the confluence of the Saint John River and the Saguenay River; 47.7 km (29.6 mi) south-east of downtown Saguenay (city); 61.3 km (38.1 mi) south-west of downtown Tadoussac. [2] The course of the Saint John River flows over 38.8 km (24.1 mi) generally to the northeast, according to the following segments:
The Sainte-Marguerite Bay is located on the left bank of the Saguenay River, 25 km (by river) upstream from the Tadoussac ferry. The bay lies opposite Cap de l'Anse au Cheval (on the south shore of the Saguenay River). [1] With a length of 2.7 km and a width of 1.3 km, the bay extends in an east-west direction.
Saguenay River; Sainte-Marguerite River (Saguenay) Simoncouche Lake; Simoncouche River This page was last edited on 28 February 2020, at 22:45 (UTC). Text is ...
The University of Quebec at Chicoutimi (UQAC) is located in Saguenay; this francophone campus of the province's network has 6,500 students. [47] It provides education at university level. As the only university in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, this campus attracts students from across Quebec and la Francophonie.
The rivière aux Sables is a river of the city of Saguenay (city), in the administrative region of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, in Quebec, in Canada. This watercourse constitutes one of the two outlets of Kenogami Lake; it flows north to flow into the Saguenay River. It is the only river that crosses Jonquière.