Patapédia River

Patapédia River
Country	Canada
Basin features
Main source	Lac-des-Eaux-Mortes, Quebec, La Mitis Regional County Municipality,  Quebec 401 m (1,316 ft) 48°15′41″N 67°57′53″W / 48.26139°N 67.96472°W / 48.26139; -67.96472
River mouth	Ruisseau-Ferguson, Quebec (unorganized territory), Avignon Regional County Municipality,  Quebec and Restigouche County,  New Brunswick 78 m (256 ft) 47°50′38″N 67°22′28″W / 47.84389°N 67.37444°W / 47.84389; -67.37444Coordinates: 47°50′38″N 67°22′28″W / 47.84389°N 67.37444°W / 47.84389; -67.37444
Tributaries	Left: (from the confluence) Trois-Milles brook, Quatre-Milles brook, Brûlé canyon, Fivemille brook, ruisseau du Sauvage (Sauvage brook), Guérette brook, Cinq-Mars brook, petit ruisseau Indien (Little Indian brook), ruisseau à l'Ours (Bear brook), Meadow River (Patapédia River), East Patapédia River, Muffet brook, Argenté brook. Right: (from the confluence) in New Brunswick: Le Gros Ruisseau, Pollard Brook, discharge of Metsébagot Lake; in Quebec: Blacquière canyon, Wiers brook.
Physical characteristics
Length	91.2 km (56.7 mi)

The Patapédia River (French: Rivière Patapédia) is a tributary of the Restigouche River in Northwest New Brunswick and Southeast Quebec, in Canada.

The course of river in Quebec (upper segment) has its beginnings the Matapédia Valley in the regional county municipality of La Mitis of the Gaspé Peninsula, in the administrative region of Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, while its end forms the natural provincial border between Quebec and New Brunswick before flowing into the Restigouche River at the "Million Dollar Pool". Also known as the Patapédia Pool, the deep, cold reservoir gets its name from the abundance of salmon that gather there every season.

The upper part of the river is served by forest roads in Zec du Bas-Saint-Laurent. The lower part of Quebec Bank of the river is served by forest roads from the Matapedia Valley such Thomas road, coming from the village of L'Ascension-de-Patapédia, Quebec. The New Brunswick bank of the river has no carrosables access roads because of the rugged mountains along the lower course of the river.

Patapedia river originates at Lac Long (Long Lake) (length: 2.1 kilometres (1.3 mi); height: 401 metres (1,316 ft)) in the unorganized territory of Lac-des-Eaux-Mortes, Quebec, in Zec du Bas-Saint-Laurent, in Quebec. This lake is located in the northern part of the Zec du Bas-Saint-Laurent or close to the limit of the ZEC and the Southeastern limit of the Massé township. The mouth of the lake is located at:

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