Indienne River


The Indienne river is a tributary of Lac Le Barrois, flowing in the unorganized territory of Lac-Ashuapmushuan, in the MRC of Le Domaine-du-Roy Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.
The Doré river valley is mainly served by forest roads.
Forestry is the main economic activity in the upper part of this valley; recreotourism activities, second.

Geography

The Indian river draws its source at the mouth of Lake Vienne in the forest area of the unorganized territory of Lac-Ashuapmushuan. This lake is fed to the northwest by the Nevers stream. The mouth of Lake Vienna is located at:
From its source, the Indian River flows for north in a straight line, with a drop of, entirely in forest area and crossing an area of marshland at the end of the journey.
The Indian river flows at the bottom of the Indian bay, on the southern shore of Lac Le Barrois which is a lake in the upper part of the rivière aux Saumons. This confluence is located at:
From the mouth of the Indiennne river, the current crosses Lac Le Barrois to the north for, then descends the course of the Rivière aux Salmon on, the course of the Ashuapmushuan River towards the southeast on, then crosses Lac Saint-Jean towards is on , follows the course of the Saguenay river via the Petite Décharge on eastwards to Tadoussac where it merges with the estuary of Saint Lawrence.

Toponymy

The toponym "Indian river" was formalized on September 22, 1976, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.