Valin River (Saguenay River tributary)

The Valin River is a tributary of the Saguenay River, flowing successively in the unorganized territory of Valin Mountains, in Saint-David-de-Falardeau and 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.

Route Villeneuve, chemin du Volair, route Lavoie and chemin de la Chute à François serve the western part of the Valin River; chemin du rang Saint-Joseph and chemin du rang Sainte-Anne serve the eastern part.

[1][2] The surface of the Valin River is usually frozen from the end of November to the beginning of April, however the safe circulation on the ice is generally done from mid-December to the end of March.

The main watersheds adjacent to the Valin River are: From its source, the confluence of Bras Fournier (coming from the north) and a stream (coming from the East), the course of the Valin river descends on 53.0 kilometres (32.9 mi) according to the following segments: Upper course of the Valin river (segment of 24.7 kilometres (15.3 mi)) Lower course of the Valin river (segment of 28.3 kilometres (17.6 mi)) The mouth of the Valin River flows onto the north bank of the Saguenay River in the municipality of Saint-Fulgence.

[1] The toponym Valin river was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec[2] Download coordinates as: