Malbaie River

Rivière Malbaie in the Parc national des Hautes- Gorges -de- la- Rivière- Malbaie

Rivière Malbaie is a 161 km long river in the Canadian province of Québec.

The river has its source in the lake Lac Gamache, in Réserve faunique des Laurentides located 80 km north of the provincial capital of Quebec. From there it flows in a northeasterly direction and then flows through the Lac Malbaie. Later he devoted himself to the southeast. This centerpiece of the river, in which he cuts through a mountain landscape is protected national des Hautes- Gorges -de- la- Rivière- Malbaie since 2000 by the Provincial Park Parc. 120 km northeast of Quebec City, the river at La Malbaie finally opens in the St. Lawrence River. The catchment area is 1849 km ², the average discharge 28 m³ / s