Pokotciminikew River

The Pokotciminikew River is a tributary of the North Shore of the Kakospictikweak River, flowing into the territory of the Town of La Tuque, in the administrative region of Mauricie, in Quebec, in Canada. The course of this river successively crosses the cantons of Pfister, Balete and Mathieu.

Pokotciminikew
Map of Saint-Maurice watershed.
Map of Gouin Reservoir seen from space
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionMauricie
Physical characteristics
SourceUnidentified Lake
 • locationLa Tuque, Mauricie, Quebec
 • coordinates48°57′57″N 74°38′59″W
 • elevation534 m (1,752 ft)
MouthKakospictikweak River
 • location
La Tuque, Mauricie, Quebec
 • coordinates
48°46′8″N 74°45′9″W
 • elevation
418 m (1,371 ft)
Length10.2 km (6.3 mi)[1]
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • left
  • (upstream)
  • Outlet of lake Froid;
  • Pokotciminikew River;
  • Wawackeciw River.
 • right
  • (upstream)
  • Outlet of Lake Kasokohoteakamacik;
  • outlet of lakes Matcimos and Kanimepiriskak.

Forestry is the main economic activity of this valley; recreational tourism activities, second. The valley of this river is served by a few branches of forest roads.

The surface of the Pokotciminikew River is usually frozen from mid-November to the end of April, however safe ice circulation is generally from early December to late March.

Geography
The surrounding hydrographic slopes of the Pokotciminikew River are:

The Pokotciminikew River originates at the mouth of an unidentified lake (length: 0.4 kilometres (0.25 mi), altitude: 534 metres (1,752 ft)) 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 Pokotciminikew River flows entirely into forest area on 10.2 kilometres (6.3 mi) according to the following segments:

  • 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) northwesterly, then southwesterly, to the eastern border of Balete. Note: this limit also corresponds to the boundary between Eeyou Istchee Baie-James (municipality) and La Tuque;
  • 5.4 kilometres (3.4 mi) southwesterly to the northern limit of the township of Mathieu;
  • 1.6 kilometres (0.99 mi) southwesterly to the confluence of the Pokotciminikew River with the Kakospictikweak River.[3]

The confluence of the Pokotciminikew River with the Kakospictikweak River is located at:

The Pokotciminikew River flows into a river bend on the north shore of the Kakospictikweak River. From there, the current flows along the Kakospictikweak River southward on 19.6 kilometres (12.2 mi) to a bay on the north shore of Gouin Reservoir. From the mouth of the Kakospictikweak River, the current flows south-easterly on 84.1 kilometres (52.3 mi) through the Gouin reservoir to the southeast bypassing several islands and passing through Kikendatch Bay 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 Pokotciminikew" was formalized on September 6, 1984 at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[4]

Notes and references
  1. "Atlas of Canada". atlas.nrcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
  2. Distances from the Atlas of Canada (published on the Internet) of the Ministry of Natural Resources Canada.
  3. River segments measured from the Atlas of Canada (published on the Internet) from the Department of Natural Resources Canada.
  4. Commission de toponymie du Quebec - Bank of Place Names - Toponym: "Pokotciminikew River".

See also
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