Laberge River
The Laberge River is a tributary of Lake Hebert, flowing in Canada, in:
- Rattray Township of Timiskaming District, in Northeastern Ontario;
- Rollet and Montbeillard sectors in the Northwest of Regional County Municipality of Rouyn-Noranda, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, in Quebec.
Annually, the surface of the river is generally frozen from mid-November to late April, however, the period of safe ice circulation is usually from mid-December to early April.
Courses
The river begins at the mouth of Icefield Lake in Rattray Township, District of Timiskaming, in Ontario. This lake is located at Southeast of a mountain with a peak of, and at at West of the border Ontario - Quebec.From the mouth of Icefield Lake, the Laberge River flows over, according to the following segments:
- south, then east, in Rattray Township, Timiskaming District, Ontario, to the border of Quebec;
- in the Rollet sector, the Regional County Municipality of Rouyn-Noranda, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec;
- to the North, crossing Lake Laberge ;
- North to the southern boundary of the Montbillard area of the regional county municipality of Rouyn-Noranda;
- North in the Montbeillard sector to its mouth.
- Southwest of the Quebec - Ontario border;
- South of the mouth of the Lac Hébert outlet ;
- Northeast of the mouth of Raven Lake ;
- Northwest of the mouth Larder River.
Toponymy
The toponym "Laberge River" was formalized on December 5, 1968, by the Commission de toponymie du Québec, when the commission was created.