Amédée River

The Amédée River (French: rivière Amédée, pronounced [ʁivjɛʁ amede]) is a tributary of the St. Lawrence River, crossing the town of Baie-Comeau, in the Manicouagan Regional County Municipality on the Côte-Nord, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.

[1] Besides the urban area (Baie-Comeau sector) at the end of the segment, forestry is the main economic activity in this valley.

[2] The surface of the Amédée River is usually frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, except the rapids areas; however, safe circulation on the ice is generally from mid-December to mid-March.

[3],[4] The toponym “Amédée river” was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.

The Amédée river flows for 10.1 km (6.3 mi) with a drop of 79 m (259 ft), according to the following segments: The Amédée river flows at the bottom of a small bay on the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, either: Download coordinates as: