Chézine North River


The Rivière Chézine Nord is a tributary of the Chézine flowing in the unorganized territory of Lac-Croche and the municipality of Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, in the La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in Quebec, in Canada.
The North Chézine River valley is served by secondary forest roads for the needs of forestry and recreational tourism activities.
The main economic activities in the sector are forestry and recreational tourism activities.
The surface of the North Chézine River is generally frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, but the safe circulation on the ice is generally made from the end of December to the beginning of March. The water level of the river varies with the seasons and the precipitation; the spring flood occurs in March or April.

Geography

The North Chézine River rises at the mouth of Corbin Lake in the unorganized territory of Lac-Croche. This lake is part of a plateau located between the mountains is fed by only a stream. This lake is located on the southern slope of the watershed with Lake Georgina, located to the north. A mountain peak culminates at at northwest of the lake. The mouth of Lake Corbin is located at:
From the mouth of Lac Corbin, the North Chézine river flows over entirely in the forest zone in a deep valley when entering the municipality of Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, to its mouth. This river has a drop of.
The Chézine river flows into a bend on the north bank of the Chézine river. This confluence is located west of the course of the Sainte-Anne river, west of the course of the Jacques-Cartier river, northwest of downtown Quebec and north of the confluence of the Sainte- Anne with the St. Lawrence River.
From the confluence of the North Chézine river, the current descends on generally south, then south-east, the course of the Chézine river, then on generally south and southwest following the course of the Sainte-Anne river, to the northwest shore of the Saint-Laurent river.

Toponymy

The Chézine is a river of the Loire-Atlantique, in France, which flows into the Loire in Nantes. In Quebec, the toponyms "Rivière Chézine", "Rivière Chézine Nord" and "Lac Chézine" are interconnected.
The toponym "Rivière Chézine nord" was formalized on December 5, 1968 at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.