The Saint-Athanase River is a tributary of the south shore of the

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flowing into the municipality of

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in the

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. The Saint-Athanase River Valley is mainly served by Saint-Louis Road and Saint-Etienne Road.wiki-osm.pl?project=en&article=Saint-Athanase River Open Street Map - Retrieved December 9, 2019
/ref> Forestry is the first economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism activities, second. The surface of the Saint-Athanase River is usually frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, however, safe ice circulation is generally from mid-December to mid-March.

Geography

The main hydrographic slopes near the Saint-Athanase River are: * North side:

; * East side:

Saint-Étienne River The Saint-Étienne River is a tributary of the south shore of the Saguenay River flowing into the municipality of Petit-Saguenay in the Saguenay Fjord, Quebec, Canada. In the end, this river crosses the Saguenay Fjord National Park. The Saint-Éti ...

Petites Îles River The rivière des Petites Îles (Petites Îles River) is a tributary of the south shore of the Saguenay River flowing successively in the municipalities of Petit-Saguenay and Baie-Sainte-Catherine, in Regional County Municipality (MRC) of Le Fjord ...

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 ...

; * South side:

Petit Saguenay River The Petit Saguenay River is a watercourse flowing in Quebec, Canada, in: * the unorganized territory of Sagard, Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality, in administrative region of Capitale-Nationale; * the municipality of Petit-Saguenay, in th ...

; * West side:

Cabanage River The Cabanage River (French: Rivière du Cabanage) is a tributary of the south shore of the Petit Saguenay River flowing in the municipality of Petit-Saguenay, in the Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality, in administrative region of S ...

. The Saint-Athanase River rises at the mouth of Petit Lac Alphée (length: ; altitude: ). This source is located at: * south of its mouth (confluence with the Saguenay River); * northeast of the

; * west of the mouth of the

; * east of the village center of

. From its source (Petit Lac Alphée), the course of the Saint-Athanase River descends on according to the following segments: * to the north, in particular, crossing the Alphée lake (length: ; altitude: ) on to its mouth; * easterly, forming a curve to the north, to the discharge (coming from the north) of a group of small lakes; * easterly forming at the beginning of a segment a hook to the south, to the discharge (coming from the south) of a set of small lakes; * northerly forming a large S, to the discharge (from the east) of an unidentified lake; * northerly, curving to the northeast, to the discharge (from the east) of a set of unidentified lakes; * northwesterly to a dump of unidentified lakes; * north in a steep valley curving westward around a large mountain to its mouth. The mouth of the Saint-Athanase River flows into the bottom of "Anse au Cheval" on the south shore of the

. This confluence is located at: * northwest of the village center of Saint-Étienne; * northeast of the confluence of the

with the

; * west of

Tadoussac Tadoussac () is a village municipality in La Haute-Côte-Nord RCM (Regional County Municipality), on the north shore of the maritime section of the estuary of St. Lawrence river, in Côte-Nord region, Quebec, Canada. Geography Tadoussac is ...

Toponymy

The toponym "rivière Saint-Athanase" (St. Athanase River) refers to St. Athanasius, a patron of the Roman Catholic Church. The toponym "Saint-Athanase River" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Bank of place names of the Commission de toponymie du Quebec.

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