Kakospictikweak River
The Kakospictikweak River is a tributary of the North Shore of Gouin Reservoir, sinking in Quebec, Canada in the administrative region of Mauricie of: The forestry is the main economic activity of this valley; recreational tourism activities, second. A forest road branch serves the valley of the Kakospictikweak River and the peninsula which stretches north on . This road branch connects to route 400 which bypasses the north-eastern part of the Gouin Reservoir; it connects the village of Parent, Quebec (via the Bazin River) and the village Wemotaci, Quebec which is located west of La Tuque. Some forest  roads serve the upper part of this valley. The surface of the Kakospictikweak River is usually frozen from mid-November to the end of April, however, safe ice circulation is generally from early December to the end of March. Geography. The surrounding hydrographic slopes of the Kakospictikweak River are: The Kakospictikweak River originates at the mouth of an unidentified lake (length: , altitude: ) located in the township of Pfister, in Eeyou Istchee James Bay (municipality). The mouth of this head lake is located at: From the mouth of the head lake, the course of the Kakospictikweak River flows over according to  the following segments: Upper course of the Kakospictikweak River (segment of ) Lower course of the Kakospictikweak River (segment of ) The confluence of the Kakospictikweak River with the Gouin Reservoir is located at: The Kakospictikweak River flows into the Township of Mathieu at the bottom of a bay stretching over , e.g. the Northern part of Omina Lake on the north shore of the Gouin Reservoir; this bay is barred on the east side by a peninsula stretching southward on and on the west side by an advanced land to a strait separating it from a large deformed island with a length  of . From the mouth of this bay, the current flows south-easterly across the Gouin reservoir to the southeast, skirting several islands and passing through the Kikendatch Bay, up to the Gouin dam. From there, the current flows along the Saint-Maurice River to Trois-Rivières, where it flows into the St. Lawrence River. Toponymy. The toponym "Rivière Kakospictikweak" was formalized on September 6, 1984 at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.