Bédard River


The Bédard River is a tributary of the Saguenay River, flowing in the administrative region of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. The course of the river successively crosses the MRC of:
The Bédard River valley is served by Scott Street West, route 169, by route 170, boulevard Maurice-Paradis, chemin du 6e rang, chemin du 5e rang, chemin du 4e rang nord, chemin du rang Saint-Pierre, chemin du Petit rang Saint-Pierre.
Agriculture is the main economic activity in the Bédard River area; forestry, second.
The surface of the Bédard River is usually frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, however the safe circulation on the ice is generally made from mid-December to mid-March.

Geography

The main watersheds adjacent to the Bédard River are:
The Bédard River rises at Lac Déry in the municipality of Larouche. This source is located at:
From its source, the Bédard River flows over with a drop of generally in agricultural area, sometimes forest, according to the following segments:
The course of the Bédard River flows onto the south bank of the Saguenay River in la Petite Décharge segment. This confluence is located at:
From the mouth of the Bédard River, the current follows the course of the Saguenay River for east to Tadoussac where it merges with the Saint Lawrence estuary.

Toponymy

"This river, sectioned in different places, has its source in the Kénogami horst and flows into the Little Landfill". The toponym “Bédard river” evokes “a certain Bédard” who “would have drowned there during a log drive”. The tragic event would have occurred before 1864, "because the river bears this name on a plan of the survey made that year. According to an eyewitness to the accident, this Bédard, having fallen into the water, had set foot on a rock in a fast and managed to stick to it for some time ”. We could not reach it, the waters being too high. "The accident took place at the confluence of two branches of the river, on lot 17 of range VI". The acronym also appears in Langelier, Jean-Chrysostome. The Lac Saint-Jean region, 1888, page 18. The name appears on the map of the township of La Barre.
The toponym “Bédard River” was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.

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