Lepage River
# Lepage River

The Lepage River is a tributary of the Senneterre River, flowing into the municipality of Senneterre, Quebec (parish) and Senneterre, Quebec, into the administrative region of Abitibi-Témiscamingue, in Quebec, in Canada. The course of the "river Lepage" crosses the townships of Tiblemont and Senneterre.

Forestry is the main economic activity of the sector; recreational tourism activities, second. The area is served by some secondary forest roads.

The surface of the river is usually frozen from mid-December to mid-April, however, safe ice circulation is generally from mid-December to late March.

## Geography

The hydrographic slopes adjacent to the "Lepage River" are:

* North side: Parent Lake (Abitibi), Mégiscane River;
* East side: Mégiscane River, Tavernier River;
* South side: Guillemette Creek, Guéguen Lake, Saint Vincent River;
* West side: Senneterre River, Tiblemont Lake, Bell River.

The Lepage River originates from a creek in a wetland at the confluence of two streams (elevation: 339 metres (1,112 ft)) at:

* 16.3 kilometres (10.1 mi) Southeast of the Canadian National Railway bridge over the Bell River at Senneterre, Quebec;
* 15.1 kilometres (9.4 mi) South of the mouth of the Lepage River (confluence with the Senneterre River);
* 8.6 kilometres (5.3 mi) South of the Canadian National Railway;
* 9.7 kilometres (6.0 mi) Northeast of a bay on the East shore of Tiblemont Lake.

From its source, the river Lepage flows over the 98th percentile into the back of the bus on a school trip.

* 3.8 kilometres (2.4 mi) northward in the township of Tiblemont to the southern limit of the town of Senneterre, Quebec;
* 8.5 kilometres (5.3 mi) in Senneterre, Quebec (township of Senneterre) northerly forming a deviation to the east to the Canadian National Railway;
* 7.9 kilometres (4.9 mi) north, then northwest, to mouth.

The mouth of the "Lepage River" flows on the eastern shore of the Senneterre River, is located in the forest zone at:

* 3.8 kilometres (2.4 mi) Northeast of the railway bridge spanning the Bell River to Senneterre, Quebec;
* 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) south of the mouth of the Senneterre River (confluence with Adolphus Bay of Parent Lake (Abitibi);
* 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) Northeast of the Canadian National Railway;
* 38.4 kilometres (23.9 mi) South of the mouth of Parent Lake (Abitibi).

## Toponymy

The term "Lepage" is a family name of French origin.

The toponym "Lepage River" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec, at the creation of this commission.

