The Kekek River is a tributary of the
Mégiscane River
The Mégiscane River is a tributary of Parent Lake (Abitibi). It flows in the Northwest of Quebec, in Canada, in the administrative regions of:
*Mauricie: in the westernmost part of the town of La Tuque;
*Abitibi-Témiscamingue: in the territory o ...
, flowing into the
Senneterre area of
La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality
La Vallée-de-l'Or () is a regional county municipality in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region in Northwestern Quebec, Canada. The seat is in Val-d'Or. It is named for its gold deposits in the Harricana River and Bell River valleys.
History
Ori ...
, within the administrative region of
Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Abitibi-Témiscamingue () is an administrative region located in western Québec, Canada, along the border with Ontario. It became part of the province in 1898. It has a land area of and its population was 147,082 people as of the 2021 cens ...
, in
Quebec
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,
Canada
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.
The Kekek River is located north of
zec Festubert and south-west of
Gouin Reservoir
The Gouin Reservoir (, ) is a reservoir (water), man-made lake, fully within the boundaries of the La Tuque, Quebec, City of La Tuque, Quebec, Canada. It is not one contiguous body of water, but the collective name for a series of connected lake ...
.
The Kekek River flows entirely through forest land. Forestry is the main economic activity of this hydrographic slope; with recreational tourism activities, second. The surface of the river is usually frozen from mid-December to mid-April.
Geography
Toponymy
The term "Kekek" is of Algonquin origin. His three k letter, forming a palindrome, is similar in pronunciation to the province of Quebec. This designation was indicated in its geographical exploration of 1906 by Eugène Rouillard in the form Kekeksipi, Kekek, Sparrowhawk and sipi, river.
The toponym "Kekek River" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the
Commission de toponymie du Québec
The Commission de toponymie du Québec (, ''Toponymy Commission of Québec'') is the Government of Québec's public body responsible for cataloging, preserving, making official and publicizing Québec's place names and their origins according to th ...
.
Commission de toponymie du Quebec - Bank of Place Names - Toponym: "Kekek River"
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See also
References
External links
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La Vallée-de-l’Or
Rivers of Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Nottaway River drainage basin
Jamésie