Rivière du Milieu (Launière River tributary)

The Rivière du Milieu is a tributary of the Launière River, flowing in the unorganized territory of Lac-Jacques-Cartier, in the La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in the province of Quebec, at Canada.

This watercourse is located in the center of the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve. This valley is indirectly accessible by the route 175 (route Antonio-Talbot). Secondary forest roads serve the sector for forestry and recreational tourism activities, in particular the forest road R0320 which runs on the north side of lakes Maigre and Valois and crosses the Middle River upstream of Lake Maigre.

Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism, second.

The surface of the Middle River (except the rapids areas) is usually frozen from the end of November to the beginning of April, however the safe circulation on the ice is generally done from mid-December to the end of March.

Geography

The main watersheds neighboring the Rivière du Milieu are:

north side: Launière River, Honorine Lake;

east side: Jacques-Cartier River, Jacques-Cartier Lake;

south side: Jacques-Cartier River, Launière River, Rocheuse River;

west side: Launière River, Champlain lake, Cavée River.

The "rivière du Milieu" has its source at the mouth of Warbonne Lake (length: 1.3 kilometres (0.81 mi); altitude: 857 metres (2,812 ft)). This lake is enclosed between mountains whose summit culminates at 983 metres (3,225 ft) to the west and 1,001 metres (3,284 ft) to the east. This lake has two outlets:

South side: after a channel of a hundred meters, the current flows into a small lake (length: 0.5 kilometres (0.31 mi)) where a dam has been built at its mouth.