Huard River
The Huard River is a tributary of the Ha! Ha! River, Flowing in the municipality of Ferland-et-Boilleau, 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.
The Huard River valley is served mainly by the route 381 which runs along the course of the Ha! Ha! River and Lake Ha! Ha! for the needs of forestry, agriculture and recreational tourism activities.
Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second.
The surface of the Huard River is usually frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, however safe circulation on the ice is generally done from mid-December to mid-March.
Geography
The main watersheds adjacent to the Huard River are:- north side: Ha! Ha! River, Lac du Berger, Bras de Ross, Rivière des Cèdres, Pierre River;
- East side: Lac Charny, "Lac de la Grosse Cabane", ruisseau à John, Cami River, Malbaie River;
- south side: Ha! Ha! River, Lake Ha! Ha!, Petit lac Ha! Ha!, Pierre River, Malbaie River, Cruche River, Porc-Épic River;
- west side: rivière à Pierre, Ha! Ha! River, lake Ha! Ha!, rivière à Mars, Bras d'Hamel.
- north-west, to its mouth.
- south-east of the center of the village of Ferland;
- north-west of Huard Lake;
- north-east of the dam on the Ha! Ha! River located at the mouth of Lake Ha! Ha!;
- south-east of the confluence of the Ha! Ha! and Baie des Ha! Ha!;
- south-east of downtown Saguenay.