The Normand river is a freshwater tributary of the

Cyriac River The Rivière Cyriac (also The Cyriac) is a freshwater tributary feeding the Kenogami Lake, flowing in: * Capitale-Nationale: in the unorganized territory of Lac-Pikauba, Quebec, Lac-Pikauba, in the regional county municipality, MRC of Charlevoix Re ...

, flowing in the unorganized territory of Lac-Ministuk, in the

Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality Le Fjord-du-Saguenay (, ''The Fjord of the Saguenay iver') is a regional county municipality in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Saint-Honoré, which is also its most populous municipality. It is named for the ...

, in the administrative region of

Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean (, ) is a region in Quebec, Canada on the Labrador Peninsula. It contains the Saguenay Fjord, the estuary of the Saguenay River, stretching through much of the region. It is also known as Sagamie in French, from the fi ...

, in the

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, in

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. The upper and intermediate course of the Normand River crosses the

Laurentides Wildlife Reserve Réserve faunique des Laurentides (), also known by its former name of parc des Laurentides, is a List of protected areas of Quebec, wildlife reserve in Quebec, Canada, located between Quebec City and the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region. This r ...

. The Normand River is accessible by route 175; other secondary forest roads have been developed in the sector for forestry and recreational tourism activities. Forestry is the primary economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second. The surface of the Normand River is 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.

Geography

The main watersheds adjacent to the Normand River are: * north side:

, Simoncouche Lake, Simoncouche River,

Kenogami Lake Kenogami lake is a long lake in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of south-central Quebec, Canada. Situated at an altitude of , the lake is long and deep. "Kénogami" means "long lake" in the Montagnais dialect and was originally used to ref ...

Saguenay River __NOTOC__ The Saguenay River (, ) is a major river of Quebec, Canada. It drains Lac Saint-Jean in the Laurentian Highlands, leaving at Alma and running east; the city of Saguenay is located on the river. It drains into the Saint Lawrence River. ...

; * east side:

, Lac des Îlets, Grimard lake, Cyriac lake, Lecompte lake, rivière du Moulin, Bras Sec; * south side: Chavary lake, Ministuk lake,

Petite rivière Pikauba The Petite Rivière Pikauba is a tributary of the Pikauba River, flowing in the province of Quebec, in Canada, in the administrative regions of: * Capitale-Nationale: in the unorganized territory of Lac-Pikauba, in the Charlevoix Regional County ...

, Lévesque lake, Yvette lake; * west side: Hector stream, Richelieu lake,

, Minustuk lake, Cyriac lake,

Pikauba River The Pikauba River is a tributary of Kenogami Lake, flowing in the province of Quebec in Canada, in the administrative regions of: * Capitale-Nationale: in the unorganized territory of Lac-Pikauba, in the Charlevoix Regional County Municipality; * ...

. The Normand River has its source in Normand Lake (length: ; altitude: ). The northern mouth of Lake Prud’homme is located at: * southwest of Grimard Lake; * north-east of a curve of the

; * north-west of Ministuk Lake; * west of route 175; * south of the confluence of the Normand river and the Cyriac river; * south-west of Lac des Îlets. From Normand Lake, the course of the Normand river generally flows northeast over , with a drop of entirely in the forest zone, according to following segments: * to the west, making a difference in level from , to a bend in the river; * north-east in a deep valley to the outlet (coming from the south-west) of lakes Villeray and Grimard; * north in a deep valley, up to a bend in the river; * northward passing between two mountains and bending eastward, to the outlet (coming from the east) of an unidentified lake; * northwards, to a stream (coming from the west); * towards the northeast by forming a loop towards the east, until its mouth. The Normand River flows onto the southwest bank of the

. This confluence is located at: * southeast of the confluence of Hector brook and

; * southwest of route 175; * southwest of Lac des Îlets; * east of the confluence of the Jean-Boivin River and the

Petit rivière Jean-Boivin Petit is a French-language surname literally meaning "small" or "little". Notable people with the surname include: *Adriana Petit (born 1984), Spanish multidisciplinary artist * Alexis Thérèse Petit (1791–1820), French physicist * Amandine Pe ...

; * south-east of the confluence of the

and

; * south of the

barrage de Portage-des-Roches The Portage-des-Roches dam (; ''Portage-des-Roches being the translation of the Montagnais'' ''Ashini Kushnapagan'') or '' Taschereau Dam'' (in honor of '' Louis-Alexandre Taschereau'') is a dam located in the Laterrière sector of borough Chicout ...

; * south of the confluence of the

Chicoutimi River The Chicoutimi River is a watercourse of eastern Quebec, Canada. A tributary of the Saguenay River, which it meets in the city of Saguenay, Quebec, Saguenay, it is the main outlet of Kenogami Lake, which rises from a watershed of in the Laurentid ...

and the

. From the confluence of the Normand river with the Cyriac river, the current descends the latter on to the north, then the current crosses Lake Kénogami on northeasterly to the dam of Portage-des-Roches, then follows the course of the

on eastward, then northeasterly and the course of

on eastward to

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where it merges with the

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Toponymy

The toponym "Normand river" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Place Names Bank of 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 Québec-Rivière Normand
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Notes and references

Appendices

* Lac-Ministuk, an unorganized territory *

St. Lawrence River The St. Lawrence River (, ) is a large international river in the middle latitudes of North America connecting the Great Lakes to the North Atlantic Ocean. Its waters flow in a northeasterly direction from Lake Ontario to the Gulf of St. Lawren ...

List of rivers of Quebec This is a list of rivers of Quebec. Quebec has about: *One million lakes, of which 62279 have a toponymic designation (a name), plus 218 artificial lakes; *15228 watercourses with an official toponymic designation, including 12094 streams and 313 ...

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Geography

Toponymy

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