The Rivière Écartée (English: Spread River) is a tributary of the Bras du Nord, flowing in the territory of the municipality of

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. The lower part of the Écartée river valley is mainly served by the rang Saguenay road which first goes north and branches west to serve the north shore of the Bras du Nord including the hamlet Pine Lake. Another secondary forest road goes up this small valley. Forestry is the main economic activity in this sector; recreotourism activities, second. The Spread area (except rapids) is generally frozen from early December to late March, but safe movement on the ice is generally from late December to early March. The water level of the river varies with the seasons and the precipitation; the spring flood occurs in March or April.

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The main hydrographic slopes neighboring the Écartée river are: * north side: lac de la Bible, lac Couat,

Talayarde River The rivière Talayarde is a tributary of the Sainte-Anne river flowing in the unorganized territory of Lac-Blanc and in the town of Saint-Raymond, in the MRC Portneuf Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationa ...

; * east side: Talayarde river; * south side: Bras du Nord; * west side: Bras du Nord,

rivière de la Roche Plate The rivière de la Roche Plate (English: flat rock river) is a river in Canada. It is a tributary of the Bras du Nord, flowing in the territory of the municipality of Saint-Raymond, in the MRC Portneuf Regional County Municipality, in the admini ...

. The Écartée river takes its source from a small unidentified forest lake (length: ; altitude: ). This mouth of the lake is located northwest of the mouth of the Écartée river; north of the mouth of the Bras du Nord; north of the mouth of the Sainte-Anne River. The Écartée river flows for to the southwest by rolling down a mountainside in the municipality of

, with a drop in level of . This watercourse descends entirely in a small valley in a forest environment according to the following segments: * towards the south-west, bending towards the west and descending on , until the discharge (coming from the north) of five small lakes not identified; * south-west, up to a mountain stream (coming from the north-west); * to the southwest in a small plain where a golf club is located, until its mouth.Atlas of Canada - Department of Natural Resources Canada - Rivière Écartée
/ref> It flows upstream from a bend in the Bras du Nord, ie west of the Verte River and west of the Sainte-Anne River. From this confluence, the current descends the course of the Bras du Nord on to the south, then follows the course of the Sainte-Anne river on generally south-west, to the north-west bank of the

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Toponymy

The toponym "Rivière Écartée" was registered on December 5, 1968 at the Place Names Bank of the

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