Brûlée River (Portneuf River tributary)
The Brûlée River (English: burnt river) is a tributary of the Portneuf River, flowing on the northwest shore of the Saint Lawrence River, in the Province of Quebec, in Canada. The course of this river crosses the administrative regions of:
- Côte-Nord: in the La Haute-Côte-Nord Regional County Municipality, in the unorganized territory of Lac-au-Brochet;
- Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean: MRC of Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality, in the unorganized territory Mont-Valin.
| Brûlée River | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean and Côte-Nord |
| Regional County Municipality | Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality and La Haute-Côte-Nord Regional County Municipality |
| Unorganized territory | Lac-au-Brochet |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Plat Lake |
| • location | Lac-au-Brochet, MRC La Haute-Côte-Nord Regional County Municipality, Côte-Nord, Quebec, Canada |
| • coordinates | 48°54′17″N 69°58′45″W |
| • elevation | 677 m (2,221 ft) |
| Mouth | Portneuf River (Côte-Nord) |
• location | Lac-au-Brochet |
• coordinates | 48°57′31″N 70°07′19″W |
• elevation | 401 m (1,316 ft) |
| Length | 20.7 km (12.9 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | (Upward from the mouth) Lake Helio and Taurus outlet, Lake Dracula outlet, Rain Lake outlet. |
| • right | (Upward from the mouth) Discharge from Lake Méné, discharge from Lake Cime, discharge from Lake Didier, discharge from Lake Sabra, discharge from Lake Norway, discharge from Lake Finland. |
A secondary forest road serves the Brûlée river valley and goes up north to serve the Lac Émilien area. The forest road R0953 (east–west direction) passes approximately 19.5 kilometres (12.1 mi) north of the upper reaches of the Brûlée river. Some other secondary forest roads serve the territory for the needs of forestry and recreational tourism activities.
Recreational and tourist activities are the main economic activity; forestry, second.
The surface of the Brûlée River usually frozen from the end of November to the beginning of April, however the safe circulation on the ice is generally done from mid-December to the end of March.