page_title: Malbaie River
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Malbaie River / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Cours de la rivière Malbaie à la hauteur de la ville de Clermont, en aval du parc municipal. English: Malbaie River in Clairmont on 2018-07-20, downstream of the municipal park. Español: Rivière Malbaie en Clairmont en 2018-07-20, aguas abajo del parque municipal.
context_page_description: The Malbaie River in the Charlevoix region empties into the Saint Lawrence River at La Malbaie. Until 1985 the river was used to transport logs downstream. It flows through a steep valley known as Les Hautes Gorges. A sugar maple and American elm forest grows in the gorge and has remained largely undisturbed for hundreds of years.
  Its course successively crosses Grands-Jardins National Park, Laurentides Wildlife Reserve, Zec des Martres, Hautes-Gorges-de-la-Rivière-Malbaie National Park and Zec du Lac-au-Sable. It winds first towards the north-east, towards the east, then towards the south-east, in a narrow and deep glacial valley, for 161 kilometers and a drop of 820 meters.
  Its course forms a semicircle stretching towards the north and completely encircling in its center the hydrographic slope of the Rivière du Gouffre. For example, there is a distance of 17.1 kilometres between the mouth of the rivières des Martres and the mouth of a stream flowing on the east bank of the upper part of the Malbaie River; at the height of this imaginary line, the course of the Malbaie river stretches north to 10.9 kilometres.
context_section_description: "Little Tristan Lake" is the "head lake" of the Malbaie River hydrographic slope. It is located in a swampy area in a small valley of mountains. It discharges to the north where water flows 1.0 kilometre (0.62 mi) through swamps to Tristan Lake (1.8 kilometres (1.1 mi) long) that flows through its full length from south to north. The landfill continues for 3.0 kilometres (1.9 mi) north to Gamache Lake (0.86 km), which crosses the stream from south to north for 0.6 kilometres (0.37 mi). This last lake has a large central island.
  From Gamache Lake, the waters flow north for 1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi) to the outlet of Lamfort Lake. From there, the Malbaie River descends for 5.7 kilometres (3.5 mi) to Fradette Lake (2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi), oriented to the northeast), which flows through to its full length. Lake Frenette receives by the north-west the waters of lakes Carroll, Milton and Brunette. From the mouth of Fradette Lake, the river flows 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi) northeast to Lake Malbaie. The current of the Malbaie River crosses this lake from south to north for 2.3 kilometres (1.4 mi).
  The Malbaie Lake outlet is located to the north.
  Upper course of the Malbaie River downstream of Malbaie Lake (segment of 53.6 kilometres (33.3 mi))
  3.6 kilometres (2.2 mi) towards the north by collecting the outlet of Lac Saulmer (coming from the west), then branching east, until the outlet (coming from the north) of a series of lakes including Lac à Jack, Lac Fronsac and Petit Lac à Jack;
  12.0 kilometres (7.5 mi) towards the north-east by collecting the outlet (coming from the north-west) from the Lac des Sixty-Six, then towards the north, until the confluence of the Jardin River;
  6.0 kilometres (3.7 mi) towards the north by collecting the discharge (coming from the south-east) of Lake Duberger, until the confluence of the L'Enfer River;
  7.7 kilometres (4.8 mi) to the north by collecting the discharge (coming from the west) from Pigeon Lake, then bending towards the northeast at the end of the segment, until the confluence of the Petite rivière Malbaie (coming from the east);
  6.1 kilometres (3.8 mi) towards the north bending towards the northwest at the end of the segment up to a bend corresponding to the confluence of the Chemin des Canots River (coming from the south);
  9.1 kilometres (5.7 mi) to the north, forming some coils up to the Barley river (coming from the east);
  9.1 kilometres (5.7 mi) towards the north by collecting the Cold stream (coming from the east) and the Cow's stream (coming from the west), forming a loop towards the northeast and an S , to the confluence of the rivière à la Cruche (coming from the west);
  Intermediate course of the Malbaie river downstream of the Cruche River (segment of 45.1 kilometres (28.0 mi))
  0.7 kilometres (0.43 mi) north-east until the confluence of the Porc-Épic River (coming from the east);
  6.8 kilometres (4.2 mi) towards the north, forming a large curve towards the east, up to the outlet (coming from the east) of the lake;
  4.1 kilometres (2.5 mi) towards the northwest by collecting the Cran Rouge stream (coming from the south) up to a bend in the river;
  3.4 kilometres (2.1 mi) north-east to Caribou stream (coming from the east);
  6.2 kilometres (3.9 mi) northeasterly to ruisseau à John (Malbaie River) (coming from the north);
  6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi) to the east in a deep valley by collecting the discharge (coming from the north) from Lac Plat, then forming a loop towards the south, to a stream (coming from the north) ;
  11.7 kilometres (7.3 mi) towards the east in a deep valley crossing a few rapids at the start of the segment, collecting the North stream (coming from the south) and Scott stream (coming from the north), until at a bend in the river;
  5.7 kilometres (3.5 mi) to the south in a deep valley crossing the “Les Eaux-Mortes” section and a widening of the river, up to the rivière des Martres (coming from Where is);
  Lower course of the Malbaie river downstream of the Martres river (segment of 22.9 kilometres (14.2 mi))
  2.1 kilometres (1.3 mi) towards the south-east until the Ruisseau de
caption: Course of Malbaie River at the height of the city of Clermont, downstream from the municipal park.
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