Nemio River

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Nemio
	Map of Saint-Maurice River watershed
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Mauricie
Physical characteristics
Source	Dugré Lake
⁃ location	La Tuque (Tassé Township), Mauricie, Quebec
⁃ coordinates	48°09′41″N74°47′43″W / 48.16139°N 74.79528°W
⁃ elevation	443 m (1,453 ft)
Mouth	Bureau Lake
⁃ location	La Tuque, Mauricie, Quebec
⁃ coordinates	48°30′43″N75°00′02″W / 48.51194°N 75.00056°W Coordinates: 48°30′43″N75°00′02″W / 48.51194°N 75.00056°W
⁃ elevation	402 m (1,319 ft)
Length	60.2 km (37.4 mi) [1]

Last updated August 23, 2019

The Nemio River is a tributary of the south shore of the Gouin Reservoir, flowing in the town of La Tuque, in the administrative region of Mauricie, in Quebec, in Canada.

The Gouin Reservoir is a man-made lake, in La Tuque, in Mauricie, in the central portion of the Canadian provinceof Quebec, fully within the boundaries of the City of La Tuque. It is not one contiguous body of water, but the collective name for a series of connected lakes separated by innumerable bays, peninsulas, and islands with highly irregular shapes. It has therefore a relative long shoreline of over 5,600 km compared to its surface area of 1,570 km². It is the source of the Saint-Maurice River.

Mauricie Administrative region in Quebec, Canada

Mauricie is a traditional and current administrative region of Quebec. La Mauricie National Park is contained within the region, making it a prime tourist location. The region has a land area of 35,855.22 km² and a 2006 census population of 258,928 residents. Its largest cities are Trois-Rivières and Shawinigan.

Quebec is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is bordered to the west by the province of Ontario and the bodies of water James Bay and Hudson Bay; to the north by Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay; to the east by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the province of Newfoundland and Labrador; and to the south by the province of New Brunswick and the US states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York. It also shares maritime borders with Nunavut, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia. Quebec is Canada's largest province by area and its second-largest administrative division; only the territory of Nunavut is larger. It is historically and politically considered to be part of Central Canada.

The route 404, connecting the village of Clova, Quebec to the South Bay of Bureau Lake is connected to sub-road branches which serve the upper part of the Nemio River; this road connects to the south-east the route 400 which goes to Gouin Dam. Some secondary forest roads are in use nearby for forestry and recreational tourism activities.

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 Transcontinental Railway, now part of the Canadian National Railway.

Bureau Lake part of Gouin Reservoir, Mauricie, Quebec, Canada

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.

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

The surrounding hydrographic slopes of the Nemio River are:

North side: Du Mâle Lake (Gouin Reservoir), Toussaint Lake (Gouin Reservoir), Marmette Lake (Gouin Reservoir), McSeeney Lake, Toussaint River (Gouin Reservoir);
East side: Lepage Lake (Wacekamiw River), Chapman Lake (Gouin Reservoir), Bouzanquet Bay, Marmette Bay South, Brochu Lake, De La Galette River (Gouin Reservoir);
South side: Sulte Lake, Oskélanéo River, Bazin River, Douville River, Gosselin River;
West side: Bureau Lake (Gouin Reservoir) (North Bay, East Bay and South Bay), Tessier Lake (Gouin Reservoir), Saraana Bay, Flapjack River.

Du Mâle Lake (Gouin Reservoir) part of the Gouin Reservoir, in La Tuque, Mauricie, Quebec (Canada)

The Male Lake is a freshwater body located in the western part of the Gouin Reservoir, in the territory of the town of La Tuque, in the administrative region of the Mauricie, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.

Chapman Lake (Gouin Reservoir) lake of Gouin Reservoir, in Mauricie (Quebec, Canada)

The Chapman Lake is a vast expanse of freshwater in the central 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.

Bouzanquet Bay Gouin Reservoir Bay, in Haute-Mauricie (Quebec, Canada)

The Bouzanquet Bay is a vast freshwater body of the south-eastern 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.

The Nemio River originates at the mouth of Lac Dugré (length: 9.1 kilometres (5.7 mi) crescent-shaped, elevation: 443 metres (1,453 ft)). The mouth of this head lake is located at:

55.9 kilometres (34.7 mi) south-east of Obedjiwan, Quebec village center (located on a peninsula on the north shore of Gouin Reservoir);
40.4 kilometres (25.1 mi) south-east of the mouth of the Nemio River (confluence with Bureau Lake (Gouin Reservoir));
56.2 kilometres (34.9 mi) southwest of Gouin Dam at the mouth of the Gouin Reservoir (confluence with the Saint-Maurice River);
81.3 kilometres (50.5 mi) west of the village center of Wemotaci, Quebec which is located along the Saint-Maurice River;
170 kilometres (110 mi) north-west of downtown La Tuque.^[2]

Obedjiwan is a First Nations reserve and village on the north shore of Gouin Reservoir in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada. It belongs to the Atikamekw d'Opitciwan band of the Atikamekw Nation.

Saint-Maurice River river of the North shore of St. Lawrence, in Mauricie, in Quebec, in Canada

The Saint-Maurice River flows North to South in central Quebec from Gouin Reservoir to empty into the Saint Lawrence River at Trois-Rivières, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. From its source at Gouin Reservoir, located at the same latitude as the Lac Saint-Jean, the river has a total drop of about 405 meters, to finally reach the St. Lawrence river at Trois-Rivières. The river is 563 km in length and has a drainage basin of 43,300 km². Saint-Maurice river is one of the most important tributaries of the St. Lawrence river.

From the mouth of the head lake, the Nemio River flows over 60.2 kilometres (37.4 mi) according to the following segments:

Upper part of the Nemio River (segment of 43.2 kilometres (26.8 mi))

2.9 kilometres (1.8 mi) north, then south-east, to the north shore of Lajoie Lake;
3.4 kilometres (2.1 mi) easterly bypassing a peninsula by the south crossing Lajoie Lake (length: 5.4 kilometres (3.4 mi); altitude: 428 metres (1,404 ft));
10.8 kilometres (6.7 mi) northwesterly in a marsh zone crossing over 7.6 kilometres (4.7 mi) the Francoeur Lake (length: 9.7 kilometres (6.0 mi); altitude: 428 metres (1,404 ft)) to its mouth;
6.2 kilometres (3.9 mi) first eastward, forming a hook to the North, then crossing Huguenin Lake (length: 3.8 kilometres (2.4 mi); altitude: 426 metres (1,398 ft)) on its full length, to its mouth;
5.9 kilometres (3.7 mi) north to the southern tip of Lake Nemio;
14.0 kilometres (8.7 mi) northwesterly across Lake Nemio (elevation: 405 metres (1,329 ft)) over its full length;

Lower part of the Nemio River (segment of 17 kilometres (11 mi))

6.7 kilometres (4.2 mi) north, then skirting a mountain (summit altitude: 473 metres (1,552 ft)) on the east side, to cross the southern part of a lake unidentified, to its mouth;
3.9 kilometres (2.4 mi) westerly to the discharge (from the southwest) of an unidentified lake;
4.6 kilometres (2.9 mi) north to the confluence of a stream (from the northeast);
1.8 kilometres (1.1 mi) northwesterly bypassing an island of 1.8 kilometres (1.1 mi) length that bisects the mouth of the river.^[3]

In its lower part, the Nemio River crosses Nemio Bay. The mouth of the Nemio River is located at:

69.4 kilometres (43.1 mi) west of Gouin Dam;
18.4 kilometres (11.4 mi) south of the village center of Obedjiwan, Quebec which is located on a peninsula on the north shore of Gouin Reservoir;
112.5 kilometres (69.9 mi) northwest of the village center of Wemotaci, Quebec (north shore of the Saint-Maurice River);
204 kilometres (127 mi) north-west of downtown La Tuque;
303 kilometres (188 mi) northwest of the mouth of the Saint-Maurice River (confluence with the St. Lawrence River at Trois-Rivières).^[4]

The mouth of the Nemio River merges with the North Bay of Bureau Lake (Gouin Reservoir). From there, the current flows over 100.8 kilometres (62.6 mi) until Gouin dam, according to the following segments:

8.0 kilometres (5.0 mi) north to the mouth of the Bureau Lake;
24.0 kilometres (14.9 mi) north passing south of Obedjiwan, Quebec village, then south-east, crossing Marmette Lake;
18.0 kilometres (11.2 mi) to the south crossing a large bay;
14.3 kilometres (8.9 mi) to the northeast, skirting a large island and crossing the Nevers Lake, then the Brochu Lake to the northern tip of a large peninsula;
24.1 kilometres (15.0 mi) south-east crossing the south-east arm of Brochu Lake, to the outlet of the Jean-Pierre Bay (Gouin Reservoir);
12.4 kilometres (7.7 mi) easterly across the Kikendatch Bay to Gouin Dam.

From this dam, the current flows along the Saint-Maurice River to Trois-Rivières.

Toponymy

The toponym "Nemio River" was formalized on December 5, 1968 at the Commission de toponymie du Québec, when it was created.^[5]

Notes and references

↑ "Atlas of Canada". atlas.nrcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
↑ Distances from the Atlas of Canada (published on the Internet) of the Ministry of Natural Resources. Canada.
↑ Measured river segments from the Atlas of Canada (published on the Internet) of the Department of Natural Resources Canada.
↑ Distances measured from the Atlas of Canada (published on the Internet) of the Department of Natural Resources Canada.
↑ Commission de toponymie du Quebec - Bank of Place Names - Toponym: "Nemio River"

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[Atlas-1] "Atlas of Canada". atlas.nrcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2018-03-24.

[2] Distances from the Atlas of Canada (published on the Internet) of the Ministry of Natural Resources. Canada.

[3] Measured river segments from the Atlas of Canada (published on the Internet) of the Department of Natural Resources Canada.

[4] Distances measured from the Atlas of Canada (published on the Internet) of the Department of Natural Resources Canada.

[5] Commission de toponymie du Quebec - Bank of Place Names - Toponym: "Nemio River"

Nemio River

Contents

Geography

Toponymy

Notes and references

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