The Nemio River is a tributary of the south shore of the

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 ...

, flowing in the town of

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, in the administrative region of

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, in

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. The Nemio River flows successively into the townships of Tassé, Huguenin, Sulte, Chapman, Myrand and Lemay, on the southern shore of the Gouin Reservoir. Forestry is the main economic activity of this valley; recreational tourism activities, second. The route 404, connecting the village of

Clova, Quebec Clova is a hamlet within the city of La Tuque, in the Mauricie region, in Quebec, Canada. It is also the name of a post office in Clova, a dam and a power plant. Clova is known for the Clova station, built as part of the National Transcontinenta ...

to the South Bay of

Bureau Lake The Lac Bureau is a vast freshwater body of the southwestern part of the Gouin Reservoir, in the territory of the town of La Tuque, in Haute-Mauricie, in the administrative region of Mauricie, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. This lake exte ...

is connected to sub-road branches which serve the upper part of the Nemio River; this road connects to the south-east route 400 which goes to

Gouin Dam Gouin or Goüin may refer to: Places * Barrage Gouin Water Aerodrome, airport in Quebec * Gouin-Gouin, town in Burkina Faso * Gouin (electoral district), provincial electoral district * Gouin Boulevard, longest street on the island of Montreal * ...

. Some secondary forest roads are in use nearby for forestry and recreational tourism activities. The surface of the Nemio River is usually frozen from mid-November to the end of April, however, safe ice circulation is generally from early December to late March.

Geography

Toponymy

The toponym "Nemio River" was formalized on December 5, 1968 at the

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, when it was created.Commission de toponymie du Quebec - Bank of Place Names - Toponym: "Nemio River"
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Toponymy

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