Saguenay River

 ( Geography Of Saguenay, Quebec ) 

The Saguenay River (, ) is a major river of Quebec, Canada. It drains Lac Saint-Jean in the Laurentian Highlands, leaving at Alma and running east; the city of Saguenay is located on the river. It drains into the Saint Lawrence River. Tadoussac, founded as a French colonial trading post in 1600, is located on the northeast bank at this site.

The river has a very high flow-rate and is bordered by steep associated with the Saguenay Graben. Tide waters flow in its fjord upriver as far as Chicoutimi (about 100 kilometres). Many Beluga whales breed in the cold waters at its mouth, making Tadoussac a popular site for whale watching and ; also frequent the depths of the river. The area of the confluence of the Saguenay and Saint Lawrence is protected by the Saguenay–St. Lawrence Marine Park, one of Canada's national parks.

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History First Nations people, including Innus, have inhabited the Saguenay Fjord area for thousands of years prior to the first Europeans arriving.

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The first European to visit the area was Jacques Cartier, in 1535. After Samuel de Champlain established a fort in 1608 on the northern shores of the St. Lawrence River (around present-day Quebec City), various Indigenous peoples, including Innu, Haudenosaunee(Iroquois), Huron people, Algonquin people and Cree people all traded along the Saguenay River.

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They named the river for the legendary Kingdom of Saguenay. It is the namesake of Saguenay Herald at the Canadian Heraldic Authority.

Beginning in the 19th century, the river was exploited for transport and power by the logging and pulp and paper industries. A dam on the upper Saguenay generates hydroelectricity for local industries, such as aluminum smelting and paper mills.

Severe flooding of the Saguenay's tributary rivers from July 18 to 21, 1996, devastated the region in one of Canada's costliest natural disasters, the Saguenay Flood. The Saguenay Flood However, an unexpected effect of the flood was to cover the heavily contaminated at the bottom of the river with of new, relatively clean sediments. Research has shown that the old sediments are no longer a threat to . Project Saguenay

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Geography The Saguenay originates in Lac Saint-Jean at Alma. There are two channels: La Petite Décharge and La Grande Décharge, on which is built the dam Île Maligne hydroelectric plant. Barrage Isle-Maligne The island formed by these two rivers is part of the municipality of Alma. Alma - Island on the Saguenay At this place, the water is freshwater. Three bridges cross the "Petite Décharge" and two others cross the "Grande Décharge". It is when these two rivers meet just east of Alma that the Saguenay really begins. It begins in the form of a reservoir several kilometers long, unlike the rapids and powerful falls that dotted the river before the erection of dams.

At Shipshaw, Quebec, the Saguenay splits again in two. On the northern watercourse, there is the Shipshaw hydroelectric station and, on the south side, the Chute-à-Caron power plant. It is here that the Aluminum Bridge is located.

Between Chicoutimi and Jonquière, the two come together to form the Saguenay. It becomes accessible to navigation at this point. Moreover, Chicoutimi means "how deep is it" Pierre-Georges Roy, "The Geographical Names of the Province of Quebec", Lévis, Le Soleil, 1906, . in Innu-aimun. In downtown Chicoutimi, the and the are located. At Tadoussac, a ferry provides the link between Tadoussac and Baie-Sainte-Catherine.

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Tributaries

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Riverside municipalities

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See also

• List of longest rivers of Canada
• List of Quebec rivers
• List of National Parks of Canada

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Notes

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External links

• " Saguenay River", The Canadian Encyclopedia
• Canadian Council for Geographic Education page with a series of articles on the history of the Saguenay River .

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