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During Father's Day, the Jonquière hospital organizes a "duck race" to collect donations. The event takes place on the river, where thousands of small yellow ducklings are released. These are swept away by the current and the first to reach the finish line designates the winner of the race. The event
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The surface of the "rivière aux Sables" 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.
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From its source (Pibrac-Ouest dam), the "rivière aux Sables" flows over 10.1 km (6.3 mi) with a drop of 159 m (522 ft) generally in urban areas, according to the following segments:
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3.7 km (2.3 mi) towards the north by collecting the
Chasseurs stream (coming from the west), passing under the railway bridge, crossing a dam, up to the bridge of the Boulevard du Royaume (
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The Saint-Jean-Baptiste street serves the West Bank; Saint-Dominique street serves the east bank. The "Boulevard du
Royaume" and Price street serve the lower part. The
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At the level of Jonquière, the "rivière aux Sables" is peaceful which allows citizens to do many activities. In summer, you can go fishing and navigate by
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2.4 km (1.5 mi) towards the north by crossing a dam and passing under the bridge on rue de Chute-à-Caron at the end of the segment, to its mouth.
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2.3 km (1.4 mi) to the north, forming large zigzags and collecting
Desgagné stream (coming from the west) to the aluminum highway bridge (
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Report on the sharing of flows in the
Chicoutimi and "rivière aux Sables", Louison Lepage, UQAC, October 1998, accessed May 30, 2013.
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The toponym "Rivière aux Sables" was formalized on
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Very close to the
Captain's Marina at Lake Kénogani Qc
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107:Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality
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823:Geography of Saguenay, Quebec
655:The rue Chute bridge in Caron
478:, located at the head of the
476:barrage de Portage-des-Roches
123:Physical characteristics
623:CEPAL walkways (pedestrians)
271: • elevation
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103:Regional County Municipality
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642:Harvey Boulevard Bridge
364:Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean
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275:67 m (220 ft)
97:Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean
16:River in Quebec, Canada
599:Saint Lawrence estuary
452:rivière du Lac Onésime
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254:48.44278°N 71.24694°W
177:48.32667°N 71.37666°W
688:Notes and references
652:The old Price Bridge
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660:Tourist attractions
316:Basin features
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668:or canoe.
666:pedal boat
572:Chicoutimi
245:71°14′49″W
242:48°26′34″N
168:71°22′36″W
165:48°19′36″N
647:route 170
595:Tadoussac
563:with the
528:route 170
401:Geography
384:Jonquière
292:Discharge
676:Toponymy
498:Kénogami
306:Saguenay
225:Saguenay
148:Saguenay
117:Saguenay
83:Province
68:Location
73:Country
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372:Canada
368:Quebec
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