Aguanish River

The Aguanish River, Aguanus River official name until 1985, (French: Rivière Aguanish), is a salmon river that flows from north to south, emptying into the Jacques Cartier Strait, the Gulf of St. Lawrence and Aguanish municipality, in Minganie RCM, Côte-Nord region, Quebec, Canada.

The Aguanish salmon river is more than 280 kilometres (170 mi) long. It is known for The Trait de Scie (Saw Cut), a deep canyon 8 metres (26 ft) wide with several rapids and small waterfalls that are passed by the salmon heading up the river. The current has scoured out large cavities in the pink granite river bed, which are called "giant cooking pots". In its natural state, the Le Trait de Scie canyon is classified as an impassable obstacle for Atlantic salmon. In 2016, a fish pass was built in the canyon on the Aguanus/Aguanish River. Aguanish River crosses the southwest of Aguanish municipality, it flows to its mouth in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, on the territory of almost 600 square kilometers of the municipality, in the Minganie RCM. The mouth is 25 kilometres (16 mi) west of Natashquan. The municipality and the Aguanish River were connected to the rest of Quebec by the extension of Route 138 in December 1996.

In July 2021, Noah Booth and the Northern Scavenger expedition team leave for the expedition Maze to the Aguanish journey. The wilds of Labrador and Quebec itinerary has been designed to follow the upper course of the Romaine and Petit-Mécatina rivers — two major rivers on the Côte-Nord currently being developed into hydroelectric complexes.

The Aguanish River (also called the Aguanus) flows through the heart of Côte-Nord, Quebec. Starting among the sphagnum-rich bogs of the Labrador–Quebec plateau, the unassuming river quickly gains momentum as it wathefalls of the ancient Laurentian mountain range through an array of commanding canyons, magnificent drops, and glacial landforms (i.e., eskers, drumlins and kames). After the descent of the Aguanish, the 680 km journey by canoe, the expedition Royal Canadian Geographical Society-funded ended, in Aguanish municipality, the Jacques-Cartier Strait, and the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Source: Maze to the Aguanish 2021

Flows through: Canada.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.