(Upward from the mouth) rivière aux Ours, cours d'eau Notre-Dame, Tourilli River, décharge du lac Ball, décharge des lacs Nolin et Johnson, décharge du lac Noyade, décharge des lacs Carreau et Coeur.
It is well known for ice fishing, with the primary catch being Tomcod, (poulamon in French), during the winter at Ste-Anne-de-la-Pérade. A small village builds up from the end of December to mid-February.
It is also regionally known for flooding, especially in St-Raymond, and sometimes in St-Casimir.
The river has its source in the Reserve des Laurentides and flows through St-Raymond, St-Casimir and Ste-Anne-de-la-Pérade to empty into the north shore of the Saint Lawrence.
Toponymy
The origin of the name of the river is unknown[1]. Samuel de Champlain gave it the name of Sainte-Marie river in 1609 without specifying its reasons[1]. It was registered under the name of Sainte-Anne river on the map of Jean Bourdon of 1641, an appellation which quickly became essential[1]. The Hurons, meanwhile, call it "Telahiar"[1].
The whole is covered with marine and continental deposits from the Quaternary, the thickness of which is approximately 40 metres (130ft) in the St. Lawrence Lowlands and less than 5 metres (16ft) in the Laurentians[7].
The river is also recognized as an important spawning ground for the [Atlantic tomcod] (Microgadus tomcod). There are between 600 and {800 million of individuals who come to breed in the river between December and February, two million of which are fished each year[13]. The spawning ground would have been created in 1894 by a major landslide at Saint-Alban, giving the river a bottom of sand and gravel ideal for the reproduction of fish[12].
The Atlantic tomcod population was rediscovered in the river in 1938[14]. Ice fishing quickly became a popular activity, developing a village up to 1200 huts[14]. The combined pressure of commercial fishing and sport fishing caused the decline of the fish population[15]. To remedy this decline, a moratorium on commercial fishing was decreed in 1992 which enabled the tomcod population to recover[14].
Layout
Dam at Ford Fall, Sainte-Anne river, close to Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne.
There are five dams on the Sainte-Anne river, three of which are used for hydroelectric production[16]. These are the power stations of Saint-Alban (8.2 megawatts (11,000hp)), Chutes-à-Gorry (10.76 megawatts (14,430hp)) and Glenford (4.2 megawatts (5,600hp))[16].
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