Monsan River

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Monsan
	Watershed of Nottaway River
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Eeyou Istchee Baie-James (municipality)
Physical characteristics
Source	Little unidentified lake
- location	Eeyou Istchee Baie-James (municipality), Nord-du-Québec, Quebec
- coordinates	50°25′23″N75°48′14″W / 50.42306°N 75.80389°W
- elevation	371 m (1,217 ft)
Mouth	Maicasagi River, Monsan Lake
- location	Eeyou Istchee Baie-James (municipality), Nord-du-Québec, Quebec
- coordinates	50°15′01″N75°51′07″W / 50.25028°N 75.85194°W Coordinates: 50°15′01″N75°51′07″W / 50.25028°N 75.85194°W
- elevation	323 m (1,060 ft)
Length	23.1 km (14.4 mi) [1]

Last updated April 25, 2019

The Monsan River is a tributary of Lake Monsan which is crossed by the Maicasagi River located at Eeyou Istchee Baie-James (municipality), in the administrative region of Nord-du-Québec, in the Canadian province of Quebec, in Canada.

The Maicasagi River is a tributary of Maicasagi Lake. This river flows from the municipality of Eeyou Istchee Baie-James (municipality), in the administrative region of Nord-du-Québec, in Quebec, in Canada.

The Municipality of Baie-James was a municipality in northern Quebec, Canada, which existed from 1971 to 2012. Located to the east of James Bay, Baie-James covered 297,332.84 km² (114,800.85 sq mi) of land, making it the largest incorporated municipality in Canada — only eight unorganized territories were larger. Its territory almost entirely covered the administrative region of Jamésie, although it contained less than five percent of the population. Essentially, it was the remainder of the Jamésie Territory's land after all of the major population centres were removed.

Nord-du-Québec is the largest, but the least populous, of the seventeen administrative regions of Quebec, Canada. With nearly 750,000 square kilometres (290,000 sq mi) of land area, and very extensive lakes and rivers, it covers much of the Labrador Peninsula and about 55% of the total land surface area of Quebec, while containing a little more than 0.5% of the population.

Lebel-sur-Quévillon is a city in the Canadian province of Quebec, located on Route 113 in the Jamésie region. It is located approximately 88 kilometres north of Senneterre and approximately 200 kilometres southwest of Chibougamau. It is surrounded by, but not a part of, the municipality of Baie-James.

Chibougamau is a town in central Quebec, Canada, located on Lake Gilman. It has a population of 7,541 people. Chibougamau is completely surrounded by, but not part of, the Municipality of Baie-James.

The surface of the Monsan River is usually frozen from early November to mid-May, however, safe ice movement is generally from mid-November to mid-April.

Geography

The main hydrographic slopes near the Monsan River are:

North side: Lucky Strike Creek, Assinica River, Broadback River;
East side: Lake Capichigau, Caupichigau River, Omo River;
South side: Maicasagi River, Caupichigau River, La Trêve River, Omo River;
West side: Lake Rocher, Maicasagi River, Nipukatasi River, Chensagi River.

The Assinica River is a tributary of the Broadback River flowing west to Rupert Bay south of James Bay. The Assinica River flows into the municipality of Eeyou Istchee Baie-James (municipality) in the Nord-du-Québec administrative region, in Quebec, in Canada.

The Broadback River is a river in northern Quebec, Canada. It drains into Rupert Bay, just south of the Rupert River and Cree community Waskaganish. The major lake on the river's course is Lake Evans.

The Caupichigau River is a tributary of the La Trève River, flowing into Regional County Municipality (RCM) of Eeyou Istchee James Bay (municipality), within the administrative region of Nord-du-Québec, Canadian province of Quebec, in Canada.

The Monsan River rises at the mouth of a small unidentified lake (length: 0.4 kilometres (0.25 mi) altitude: 371 metres (1,217 ft)). This source of the river is located at:

21 kilometres (13 mi) North of the mouth of the Monsan River (confluence with Lake Monsan);
78.6 kilometres (48.8 mi) Northeast of the mouth of the Maicasagi River (confluence with Maicasagi Lake);
33.9 kilometres (21.1 mi) North of the mouth of the Omo River (confluence with the Maicasagi River);
106.8 kilometres (66.4 mi) Northeast of the mouth of Goéland Lake (Waswanipi River);
134.3 kilometres (83.5 mi) Northeast of the mouth of Matagami Lake;
Southeast of the mouth of the Nottaway River);
154.7 kilometres (96.1 mi) Northeast of downtown Matagami.

Lake Maicasagi is a body of freshwater located in the territory of Eeyou Istchee Baie-James (municipality), in the administrative region of Nord-du-Québec, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.

The Nottaway River is a river in Quebec, Canada. The river drains Lake Matagami and travels 225 kilometers (140 mi) north-west before emptying into Rupert Bay at the south end of James Bay. Its drainage basin is 65,800 square kilometers (25,400 sq mi) and has a mean discharge of 1190 m³/s. Its source is the head of the Mégiscane River, which is 776 kilometers (482 mi) from the mouth.

Matagami is a small town in Quebec, Canada. It is located north of Amos, on Matagami Lake, at the northern terminus of Route 109 and the start of the James Bay Road. The town had a population of 1,526 as of the Canada 2011 Census.

From the head lake, the "Monsan River" flows on 23.1 kilometres (14.4 mi) according to the following segments:

4.3 kilometres (2.7 mi) South, crossing an unidentified lake (length: 2.3 kilometres (1.4 mi); altitude: 354 metres (1,161 ft)), up to the mouth;
4.0 kilometres (2.5 mi) Southeast, crossing an unidentified lake (length: 0.7 kilometres (0.43 mi); altitude: 337 metres (1,106 ft)), up to at its mouth;
1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi) South to a creek (coming from the northeast);
13.4 kilometres (8.3 mi) South, then southwest, to the mouth.^[2]

The Monsan River flows on the Northeast shore of Lake Monsan, which is crossed to the Southeast by the Maicasagi River. From there, it flows Southeast, Southwest, and West to the East shore of Maicasagi Lake. Then the current flows Southwest through the Max Passage into the Goéland Lake. The latter is crossed to the Northwest by the Waswanipi River which is a tributary of Matagami Lake.

The mouth of the Monsan River located at:

3.8 kilometres (2.4 mi) North of the mouth of Moisan Lake;
60.0 kilometres (37.3 mi) Northeast of the mouth of the Maicasagi River (confluence with Maicasagi Lake);
89.1 kilometres (55.4 mi) Northeast of the mouth of [Goéland Lake (Waswanipi River)]];
105.8 kilometres (65.7 mi) Northeast of the mouth of Olga Lake (Waswanipi River);
59.6 kilometres (37.0 mi) North of the village center of Waswanipi;
139.4 kilometres (86.6 mi) North of downtown Matagami

Toponymy

The term "Monsan" is a family name of French origin.

The toponym "Monsan River" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec, i.e. at the creation of this commission^[3]

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References

↑ "Atlas of Canada". atlas.nrcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2017-12-08.
↑ Distances from the Atlas of Canada (published on the Internet) of the Ministry of Natural Resources. Canada.
↑ "Quebec Place Names Commission - Place Names Bank - Toponym: "Monsan River"". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca. Retrieved 2017-12-06.

Monsan River

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Toponymy

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