Assemetquagan River

Assemetquagan River
Native name Rivière Matapédia
Basin
River mouth Matapedia River
48°04′45″N 67°05′52″W / 48.07917°N 67.09778°W / 48.07917; -67.09778Coordinates: 48°04′45″N 67°05′52″W / 48.07917°N 67.09778°W / 48.07917; -67.09778[1]
Physiognomy
Length 50 km (31 mi)

The Assemetquagan River is a freshwater river in the Matapedia Valley in Quebec, Canada.[1] Its water source lies within the Notre Dame Mountains, while it ends by flowing into the Matapedia River 20 kilometres (12 mi) north by northwest of Matapédia, Quebec.

Etymology

The river takes its name from the Mi'kmaq language and roughly translates as "sudden waterway on a curve."[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Reference number 2339 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
  2. ↑ Reference number 2338 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)


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