Geography
The main watersheds neighboring the Sautauriski River are:
The Sautauriski River originates from Lake Nouvel (length: 1.0 kilometre (0.62 mi); altitude: 768 metres (2,520 ft)), located in the unorganized territory of Lac-Jacques-Cartier, in the La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality. [1] The outlet of this lake is located on the east shore has a small dam.
The Sautauriski River takes its source from Nouvel Lake (length: 1.0 kilometre (0.62 mi); altitude: 768 metres (2,520 ft)), located in the unorganized territory of Lac-Jacques-Cartier, in the MRC La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality. [1] Its discharge located on the east bank includes a small dam.
From Nouvel Lake, the Sautauriski River flows over 35.1 kilometres (21.8 mi), with a total drop of 489 metres (1,604 ft) according to the following segments:
- 2.3 kilometres (1.4 mi) towards the south-east, in particular by crossing part of lac Archambault (length: 2.2 kilometres (1.4 mi) ; altitude: 759 metres (2,490 ft)) on 1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi), to its mouth;
Upper Sautauriski River course (segment of 17.4 kilometres (10.8 mi))
- 8.4 metres (28 ft) to the south by crossing a marsh area, a small dam, then crossing Sautauriski Lake (length: 5.0 kilometres (3.1 mi); altitude: 744 metres (2,441 ft)) over its full length, to the Sautauriski dam at its mouth;
- 2.0 metres (6 ft 7 in) towards the south-east in an increasingly deep valley and entering the canton of Cauchon, up to the outlet (coming from the north) of Ménard and Handy lakes;
- 7.0 metres (23.0 ft) to the south in a deep valley, up to a bend in the river;
Lower Sautauriski River course (segment of 15.4 kilometres (9.6 mi))
- 5.9 metres (19 ft) first towards the west, then towards the southwest, in a deep valley, up to a bend in the river;
- 2.4 metres (7 ft 10 in) going up first to the north, then to the west, in a deep valley forming a few curves, to the outlet (coming from the north) of Lac Giroux;
- 2.5 metres (8 ft 2 in) south-west in a deep valley, until the confluence of the Chute river (coming from the north);
- 4.6 metres (15 ft) towards the south-west in a deep valley, forming a large loop towards the south-east to circumvent the mountain of Sautauriski, until its mouth. [3]
The Sautauriski River flows on the east bank of the Jacques-Cartier River within the boundaries of the township units of Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury. From this confluence, the current follows the course of the Jacques-Cartier River generally south on 54.7 kilometres (34.0 mi) to the northeast bank of the Saint Lawrence river. [3]
Toponymy
According to the Commission de toponymie du Québec, the Wendat (Huron) chief Nicolas Vincent was the first to mention the toponym, in 1829, before a special committee of the Lower Canada House of Assembly charged with to study the problem of the reduction of arable land in the St. Lawrence Valley and the consequences for Aboriginals of the concession of public land for colonization purposes. On a plan which he then erected of the territory frequented by the Wendats, the chief Vincent inscribed the form Tsoolareske. To the commissioner John Adams in charge of exploring the territory and to whom he serves as a guide, Nicolas Vincent specifies: "This river as well as the mountains are called in Huron Soulariski (the bark is long)".
In a detailed analysis of the toponym presented in his work De Québec au lac Saint-Jean or Sentiers des Laurentides: Sentier des Amérindiens, Sentier des Jésuites (1676-1703), Thomas-Edmond Giroux comes to the conclusion that he is a toponym of the Attikamek or Innu language which he translates as "the forest, it cries", of matow, "to cry" and mistik, "wood". In this place, still according to the author, "the lichens hung on the branches, the" hair of the virgin "of the coureurs de bois, had absorbed and held in suspension an infinity of drops of water from the previous rains and let them fall following days. However, this significance is today strongly questioned.
Marguerite Vincent, in The Huron Nation: Its History, Culture, Spirit (1984), takes up the interpretation of Nicolas Vincent and specifies that the Wendats went to the Sautauriski sector to obtain long barks for manufacturing canoes and basketwork. It derives the toponym of the Wendat language and of the roots atsa or arista, "bark" and eski or etsi, "long". The author also specifies that the Sautauriski was located in Innu territory and constituted a prohibited area for the Wendat. This clarification makes it possible to believe that the toponym could be of Innu origin and come from the word tshinuashkui, from tshinua, "this thing is long" and ushkui, "upper bark which is used for canoes". We should probably forget the translation "bout du museau" mentioned in Nomenclature of geographical names of the province of Quebec, of 1916. [4]
The toponym "Sautauriski River" was formalized on December 5, 1968 at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec. [1]
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