The ruisseau L'Abbé is a freshwater tributary of the Pikauba River, flowing in the unorganized territory of Lac-Ministuk, in the Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, in province, in Quebec, to Canada. The upper part of the ruisseau L’Abbé valley is accessible by route 169; other secondary forest roads have been developed in the sector for forestry and recreational tourism activities. Forestry is the primary economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second. The surface of L’Abbé Creek is usually frozen from late November to early April, however safe circulation on the ice is generally from mid-December to late March.
Geography
The main watersheds adjacent to ruisseau L’Abbé are:
L’Abbé stream rises from a very small unidentified lake on the eastern flank of Mont Hudon-Beaulieu. The northern mouth of this head lake is located at:
south-west of the confluence of ruisseau L’Abbé and Pikauba River.
From the small head lake, the course of the ruisseau L’Abbé flows over entirely in the forest zone, with a drop of, according to the following segments: Upper stream of ruisseau L’Abbé
towards the east by collecting the discharge of the Florian lake and the discharge of the lake of Écluse, until the discharge of Brulé and Sarcelle lakes;
south-east in a deep valley, until the discharge of a set of lakes including Lac à la Tranche, lac à Brod and lac Beaver;
east to Luppanay stream ;
Lower stream of ruisseau L’Abbé
northward curving northeast, to the outlet of Lake Moses;
east, curving south, to Galbraith Creek ;
southeasterly, up to Plessis stream which drains Lac Glacé, Lac Ratté and Lac Plessis;
east in a deep valley, to the outlet of Lake Robertson;
north-east in a deep valley, to its mouth.
L’Abbé stream flows into a bend on the west bank of the Pikauba River. This confluence is located at:
south-west of the confluence of the Chicoutimi River and the Saguenay River;
south-east of the shore of lac Saint-Jean.
From the confluence of L'Abbé stream with the Pikauba River, the current successively descends the Pikauba River on to the northeast, then the current crosses Kenogami Lake on north-east to the dam of Portage-des-Roches, then follow the course of the Chicoutimi river on towards the east, then the northeast, and the course of the Saguenay River on towards the east until Tadoussac where it merges with the Saint Lawrence estuary.
