The Matane River is a river flowing in La Matanie Regional County Municipality, in administrative region of Bas-Saint-Laurent, on the Gaspé Peninsula, in the province of Quebec, Canada, which empties into the Saint Lawrence River at the city of Matane. The river successively crosses the cantons: Le Clercq and Cuoq (in unorganized territory of Rivière-Bonjour), Tessier (in Saint-René-de-Matane), Matapédia (in Saint-Alexis-de-Matapédia), and Matane (in Saint-Léandre and the city of Matane). Geography The Matane River originates from mountain streams on the western slope of the mont Blanc, located in the Leclercq township, in the Matane Wildlife Reserve. This source is located on the north side of the summit of Mont Blanc, to the southeast of the southeast coast of the Estuary of Saint Lawrence, northeast of the summit of Mont Craggy and from the mouth from the Matane River. From its source, the Matane River flows over divided into the following segments: Upper course of the Matane river (segment of ): towards the west in the Matane Wildlife Reserve, showing a steep drop of (passing from at ), to the confluence of the Dontigny stream (coming from the south); north-west, up to the confluence of Camp stream (coming from the south-west); north-west, until the confluence of a stream coming from the north-east; north-west, up to the confluence of a stream coming from the north-east; south-west, to a bridge over a forest road; southwards, to the north shore of Lac de la Tête (altitude: ), in the shape of a heart; to the south, crossing Lac de la Tête, to its mouth; towards the south-east, collecting the water from the outlet of Lake Lebreux (coming from the west), to the mouth of Lake Leclercq which the current crosses towards the south -is on ; southeasterly, to the north shore of Lac Matane; towards the south-east, crossing Lac Matane (length: altitude: ) over its full length, to the dam located at its mouth ( south-eastern part of the lake). A road bridge is built on the top of the dam. Intermediate course of the Matane river (segment of ) From the Lac Matane dam, the Matane river flows over: south-west in township Cuoq, to a bridge over a forest road; south-west, to a bridge over a forest road; towards the southwest, crossing several falls and rapids, as well as passing under a road bridge at the end of the segment, until the confluence