Cami River
The Cami river is a tributary of the Saint-Jean River, flowing in the municipality of Lalemant, Hébertville and Rivière-Éternité, in the Fjord-du-Saguenay, in the administrative region of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. The course of the Cami river crosses the zec du Lac-au-Sable.
The Cami river valley is served along its entire length by the Lac-Desprez road, for forestry and recreational tourism activities. Some secondary forest roads serve this valley.
Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second.
The surface of the Cami River is usually frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, however the safe circulation on the ice is generally made from mid-December to mid-March.
Geography
The main watersheds neighboring the Cami River are:- north side: Bailloquet Lake, Otis Lake, Périgny Lake, Éternité River, Lac à la Truite, Saguenay River;
- east side: Saint-Jean river, Quarante-Quatre lake;
- south side: rivière à la Catin, Épinglette Stream, Malbaie River, Desprez Lake, Porc-Épic River;
- west side: Brébeuf Lake, Lac des Canots, Papinachois stream, Ha! Ha! River, rivière à Mars.
- south-east of a mountain peak which reaches ;
- north-east of a curve of the course of ruisseau à John;
- north of a curve in the course of the Malbaie River;
- south-west of a curve of the course of the rivière à la Catin;
- south of the mouth of Brébeuf Lake;
- south-west of the confluence of the Cami river and the Saint-Jean River.
Upper course of the Cami River
- to the northeast by collecting a discharge from Isolation Lake, to a bend in the river, corresponding to a stream ;
- to the north in the marsh area, collecting the discharge from Lac Éloigné and Lac en Poire, as well as passing east of a mountain whose summit reaches, to a bend in the river;
- north-west in the marsh area to the outlet of a group of lakes;
- towards the northwest by collecting the discharge of the Lac de la Grosse Femelle, up to La Petite Rivière ;
- towards the northeast by forming a large curve at the start of the segment to go around a mountain whose summit reaches and collecting the discharge of a few lakes, as well as the outlet of Lac Aurel, up to a outlet of Lac à Fournel;
- towards the north in a deep valley, forming a curve towards the east at the start of the segment, up to a stream ;
- north-west in a deep valley and crossing some rapids, up to a stream ;
- north-east across a few rapids to the outlet of a lake;
- towards the northeast in a deep valley, crossing some rapids and bending towards the north;
- north-east, up to the confluence of the rivière à la Catin ;
- north on a plain, to its mouth.
- north-east of the mouth of the Brébeuf Lake ;
- south-west of the village center of Rivière-Éternité;
- south-west of the confluence of the Saint-Jean River and Anse Saint-Jean ;
- south of a bay on Éternity Lake;
- south-east of downtown Saguenay .
- follows the course of the Saint-Jean River on generally towards the northeast;
- crosses Anse Saint-Jean for to the north;
- follows the course of the Saguenay River on eastward to Tadoussac where it merges with the Estuary of Saint Lawrence.
- west of Tadoussac.
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