Overview
The Rivière des Trois Pointes is a tributary of the rivière aux Anglais flowing in the unorganized territory Rivière-aux-Outardes, in the Manicouagan Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Côte-Nord, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. The Trois Pointes river valley is mainly served by the English river path. The surface of the Trois Pointes river is generally frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, except the rapids areas; however, safe circulation on the ice is generally from mid-December to mid-March.
Geography
The Trois Pointes river originates on the Canadian Shield, at a small unidentified lake (length: ; altitude: ). The mouth (south side) of this small forest lake is located northeast of the confluence of the Françoise river and the rivière aux Anglais, at south-west of a bay in Lake Franquelin and north-west of the confluence of the rivière aux Anglais and Baie des Anglais on the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
From the head lake, the course of the Trois Pointes river descends on entirely in the forest zone, with a drop of , according to the following segments: * east on in particular by crossing a lake formed by the widening of the river, until its mouth; then on south-east, to a bend corresponding to the outlet (coming from the west) of two lakes; * southeasterly in a straight line, crossing Lake Picard (length: ; altitude: ) on its full length, to its mouth; * first towards the south-east in a deep valley to the outlet (coming from the north) of Lac du Serpent; then towards the south relatively in a straight line, crossing for a hundred meters a small bay of Lac des Chutes (length: ; altitude: ), until at its mouth; * to the south by rolling down the mountain to a bend in the river, branching east by collecting a stream (coming from the north), in particular by crossing on to the south-east the Lac des Trois Pointes (length: ; altitude: ), to its mouth.
Toponym
The place names "Rivière des Trois Pointes" and "Lac des Trois Pointes" originate from the fact that this lake has three bays, each ending in a point. The toponym "Trois Pointes River" was formalized on August 2, 1974, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.
See also
* List of rivers of Quebec