Écartée River
The Rivière Écartée is a tributary of the Bras du Nord, flowing in the territory of the municipality of Saint-Raymond, in the Portneuf Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in Quebec, Canada.
The lower part of the Écartée river valley is mainly served by the rang Saguenay road which first goes north and branches west to serve the north shore of the Bras du Nord including the hamlet Pine Lake. Another secondary forest road goes up this small valley.
Forestry is the main economic activity in this sector; recreotourism activities, second.
The Spread area is generally frozen from early December to late March, but safe movement on the ice is generally from late December to early March. The water level of the river varies with the seasons and the precipitation; the spring flood occurs in March or April.
Geography
The main hydrographic slopes neighboring the Écartée river are:- north side: lac de la Bible, lac Couat, Talayarde River;
- east side: Talayarde river;
- south side: Bras du Nord;
- west side: Bras du Nord, rivière de la Roche Plate.
The Écartée river flows for to the southwest by rolling down a mountainside in the municipality of Saint-Raymond, with a drop in level of. This watercourse descends entirely in a small valley in a forest environment according to the following segments:
- towards the south-west, bending towards the west and descending on, until the discharge of five small lakes not identified;
- south-west, up to a mountain stream ;
- to the southwest in a small plain where a golf club is located, until its mouth.
From this confluence, the current descends the course of the Bras du Nord on to the south, then follows the course of the Sainte-Anne river on generally south-west, to the north-west bank of the St. Lawrence River.