Peribonka River
The Rivière Péribonka is a river in the administrative region of Saguenay -Lac -Saint -Jean in the Canadian province of Québec.
It has a length of 547 km and drains an area of 26,936 km ². It flows in the Parc national de la Pointe- Taillon in the Lac Saint -Jean and displays the largest inflow dar. The place Péribonka lies on the northern shore of Lac Saint -Jean at the mouth of the river.
The name derives from the Innu word pelipaukau from, which means " river that digs through the sand " or " where there is shifting sand ."
Geography
The Rivière Péribonka rises a short distance west of the Monts Otish in a swampy area, which is situated on granite and muskeg of the Canadian Shield. From there it flows south to Lamarche and on to the west to Lac Saint -Jean. Its catchment area covers about a third of the catchment area of the Saguenay.
Inflows
The main tributaries of the Rivière Péribonka are ( in upstream direction ):
- Petite rivière Péribonka
- Rivière Alex
- Rivière Brûlée
- Rivière Manouane Rivière Manouaniche
- Rivière Alma
- Rivière Houlière
- Petite Rivière - Manouane Rivière Duhamel
- Rivière Durfort
- Rivière des Montagnes Blanches Rivière Falconio
- Rivière Étienniche
- Rivière à la Carpe
- Rivière Modeste
- Michel Rivière
- Rivière Courtois
History
Previously inhabited the Innu region and used the river as a transport route by canoe. From the second half of the 17th century, the river also by Europeans was used as an access to James Bay. The first mention of the river comes from 16 April 1679th In October of this year, Louis Joliet traveled the river and called him Périboca. The spelling later changed to Periboaka, Periboac Finally Pascal Taché was in 1825, the river its current name Péribonka.
During the 17th and 18th century trappers and traders paid little attention to the river, the Riviere Péribonka won in the 19th century in importance, especially for the timber industry, so that in 1887 the first settlement was founded at its mouth.
In 1928, the Rivière Péribonka flooded its banks and several settlements. To a far-reaching development of the river occurred in the 1940s, when Alcan, a leading aluminum producer, started to build here hydropower plants. Between 1941 and 1943, the Chute -des- Passes Dam was built on the south end of Lake Péribonka, which developed into a huge reservoir. Two other dams were created in connection downstream: the Chute -du- Diable (1950-1952) and the Chute -à -la- Savane ( 1951-1953 ).
The classic Maria Chapdelaine by the French writer Louis Hémon plays on the banks of the Rivière Péribonka.
Hydropower
There are four hydropower plants on the Rivière Péribonka, three of which belong to the aluminum smelting by Rio Tinto Alcan, and one to Hydro-Québec (HQ). In the downstream direction, they are:
The fourth plant, which Péribonka power plant is located immediately above the confluence with the Rivière Manouane and operated by Hydro-Québec. It was completed on 9 March 2008 and has a capacity of 405 MW. The associated dam has a height of 80 m and a length of 700 m. It dams on the river to a 32 -acre reservoir.