Rivière au Fusil
The rivière au Fusil ("English: Riffle River") is a tributary of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, flowing in the municipality of L'Île-d'Anticosti, in the Minganie Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Côte-Nord, in province of Quebec, in Canada. A network of forest roads serves this small valley. Forestry is the main economic activity in this area; second, recreational tourism activities. Geography. The Rivière au Fusil draws its source from the Étang Félice (length: ; altitude: ) located in the center-west of the Anticosti Island. This source is located at: From the mouth of Étang  Félice, the Rivière au Fusil flows over entirely in the SÉPAQ Anticosti, with a drop of , depending on the segments following: The Rivière au Fusil flows on the south shore of Anticosti Island, on the east side of Baie du Fayette-Brown, that is to the southeast of the mouth of the rivière à la Loutre, at west of the mouth of MacGilvray brook, at north-west of Pointe Sud-Ouest and east of the village center of Port-Menier. Toponymy. The toponym "rivière au Fusil" is linked to that of "lac au Fusil" which is part of the same  hydrographic slope. This toponymic designation appeared in 1924 in the "Bulletin de la Société de Géographie de Québec", in the work "Monographie de l'Île d'Anticosti" written by Joseph Schmitt, published in 1904 and in 1955 on the map of the forestry company Consolidated Bathurst. The toponym "rivière au Fusil" was made official on December 5, 1968, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.