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Rivière à Benjamin

Coordinates: 48°21′25″N 70°52′09″W / 48.35695°N 70.86916°W / 48.35695; -70.86916
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Rivière à Benjamin
Rivière à Benjamin is located in Quebec
Rivière à Benjamin
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionSaguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean
Regional County MunicipalityLe Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality
CitySaguenay
Physical characteristics
SourceMountain streams
 • locationSaguenay
 • coordinates48°23′12″N 70°54′10″W / 48.38665°N 70.90290°W / 48.38665; -70.90290
 • elevation92 m (302 ft)
MouthBaie des Ha! Ha!
 • location
Saguenay (sector "La Baie"
 • coordinates
48°21′25″N 70°52′09″W / 48.35695°N 70.86916°W / 48.35695; -70.86916
 • elevation
4 m (13 ft)
Length5.7 km (3.5 mi)[1]
Discharge 
 • locationSaguenay (sector "La Baie")

The Rivière à Benjamin is a tributary of the Baie des Ha! Ha!, flowing in the territory of the city of Saguenay, in the administrative region of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.

This small valley is served by the Anse-à-Benjamin road (east side of the river) and Saint-Joseph road (west side), for forestry, agriculture, recreation and tourist activities and for residents of this area.[2]

Forestry is the main economic activity in this valley; recreational tourism, second.

The surface of the Benjamin River is usually frozen from early December to late March, however safe circulation on the ice is generally from mid-December to mid-March.

Geography

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The main neighboring river basins at Benjamin are:

The Benjamin river rises at the confluence of mountain streams (altitude:92 m (302 ft)). This source is located at:

From its source, Rivière à Benjamin flows over 5.7 km (3.5 mi) with a drop of 88 km (55 mi) entirely in the forest zone, according to the following segments:

  • 0.7 km (0.43 mi) south-west to a bend where the course branches north-east, to a bend corresponding to the Étangs stream (coming from the north-west);
  • 1.5 km (0.93 mi) south-east, up to the outlet of the Red stream (coming from the north-west);
  • 3.2 km (2.0 mi) south-east, to a road bridge;
  • 0.34 km (0.21 mi) south-east, to its mouth.[3]

Rivière à Benjamin pours into the bottom of "Anse à Benjamin" on the northwest shore of Baie des Ha! Ha!, in the Bagotville area. This confluence is located at:

From the confluence of the Benjamin river with the Baie des Ha! Ha!, the current crosses this bay on 11.0 km (6.8 mi) to the northeast, then the course of the Saguenay River on 99.5 km (61.8 mi) east to Tadoussac where it merges with the Saint Lawrence Estuary.[3]

Toponymy

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The term "Benjamin" is a French first name.

The toponym “Rivière à Benjamin” was formalized on August 28, 1980, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[4]

Notes and references

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  1. ^ "Rivière à Benjamin, Bank of Quebec place names". Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
  2. ^ Open Street Map - Accessed January 22, 2019
  3. ^ a b c d "Atlas of Canada of the Department of Natural Resources of Canada - Characteristics extracted from the geographic map, the database and the instrumentation of the site". 12 September 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
  4. ^ Commission de toponymie du Québec - Rivière à Benjamin

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