Chensagi River West


The Chensagi River West is a tributary of the Chensagi River, in Regional County Municipality of Eeyou Istchee James Bay (municipality), in the area of the Nord-du-Québec, Canadian province of Quebec, in Canada. The lower part of the river runs through the township of Dambourges.
The Chensagi River West hydrographic slope is served by the northward secondary road from Matagami passing on the west bank of the course of the West Chensagi River; another forest road from the South spans on the East bank. The surface of the river is usually frozen from early November to mid-May, however, safe ice circulation is generally from mid-November to mid-April.

Geography

The main hydrographic slopes near the Chensagi West River are:
The Chensagi River originates at the mouth of a small unidentified lake.
The mouth of this head lake is located at:
From the mouth of the head lake, the "Chensagi River West" flows over according to the following segments:
  • Northeasterly winding and crossing over a a lake North to its mouth;
  • Northeast crossing on a lake a lake to its East mouth;
  • South, to a creek ;
  • Southwesterly to a creek ;
  • South through five lakes formed by the widening of the river, to the northern limit of the township of Dambourges;
  • South in the Township of Dambourges to its mouth.
The "West Chensagi River" flows on the north bank of the Chensagi River which generally flows southwestward across Chensagi Lake to a bay in the northwest of Lake Maicasagi. The latter in turn flows Southwesterly through the Max Passage into the Goéland Lake which is crossed to the Northwest by the Waswanipi River.
The mouth of the West Chensagi River located at:

Toponymy

The toponym "rivière Chensagi" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec, that is to say the creation of this commission