'West Bear River') is a tributary of the rivière à l'Ours, flowing in the municipality of Havre-Saint-Pierre, in the Minganie Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Côte-Nord, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.

[1] The surface of the West Bear River is usually frozen from the beginning of November to the end of April, except the rapids areas; however, traffic on the ice is generally safe from late November to early April.

The West Bear River takes its source from an unidentified lake (length: 2.5 km (1.6 mi); altitude: 119 m (390 ft)) located in Havre-Saint-Pierre.

This confluence is located at: From the mouth of the West Bear River, the current follows the course of the Bear River on 5.8 km (3.6 mi) towards the south-east, then crosses on 2.9 km (1.8 mi) east of Victor Bay until bypassing Victor Island, which is part of the north shore of the Estuary of Saint Lawrence.

[2] The toponym "Rivière à l'Ours Ouest" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.