The Rivière aux Outardes (French pronunciation: [ʁivjɛʁ oz‿utaʁd], Bustard River) is a tributary of the Saguenay River, flowing in the municipality of Saint-Fulgence, in the Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.
Chemin du rang Saint-Louis (north–south direction) serves the western side of this river.
This lake is located: 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi) south of the course of Le Petit Bras and 8.0 metres (26.2 ft) to the northeast from the mouth of the Outardes river.
From its source, the confluence of Lake Xavier, the course of the Outardes River descends on 8.3 kilometres (5.2 mi) according to the following segments: The mouth of the Rivière aux Outardes flows onto the north bank of the Saguenay River in the municipality of Saint-Fulgence.
[1] The toponym Rivière aux Outardes was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.