Rivière à Mars North-West
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The Rivière à Mars Nord-Ouest is a tributary of the rivière à Mars flowing in the unorganized territory of Lac-Pikauba, in the Charlevoix Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in the province of Quebec, Canada. The "rivière à Mars North-West" crosses the central-western part of the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve.
Rivière à Mars North-West | |
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Location | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Capitale-Nationale |
Regional County Municipality | Charlevoix Regional County Municipality |
Unorganized territory | Lac-Pikauba |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Lac à Mars |
• location | Lac-Pikauba |
• coordinates | 47.82921°N 71.0468°W / 47.82921; -71.0468 |
• elevation | 858 m (2,815 ft) |
Mouth | Rivière à Mars |
• location | Lac-Pikauba |
• coordinates | 47.97194°N 70.96722°W / 47.97194; -70.96722 |
• elevation | 579 m (1,900 ft) |
Length | 26.6 km (16.5 mi)[1] |
Discharge | |
• location | Lac-Pikauba |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | (from the mouth) Discharge of "lac des Écores", unidentified stream, discharge of lac Marchand, discharge of "Petit lac Cloc-Cloc" and of "lac Cloc-Cloc". |
• right | (from the mouth) Unidentied stream, discharge of lac Potvin. |
Upstream of the port, industrial and urban area, the "rivière à Mars" valley is mainly served by the "Consol Paper road". The "rivière à Mars North West" is served by a few other secondary forest roads for forestry and recreational tourism activities.[2]
Forestry is the main economic activity in this valley; recreational tourism, second.
The surface of the "rivière à Mars North-West" is usually frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, however the safe circulation on the ice is generally made from mid-December to mid-March.