Английская Википедия:Gros Mécatina River
Шаблон:Infobox river The Gros Mécatina River (Шаблон:Lang-fr) is a salmon river in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada. It empties into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.
Location
The Gros Mécatina River is about Шаблон:Convert long, and originates in Lac Boucher Шаблон:Convert east of the Little Mecatina River and north-west of Robertson Lake.Шаблон:Sfn It has a winding course and passes through many lakes.Шаблон:Sfn The river flows in a generally southeast direction and empties into the Gulf of St. Lawrence near the Gros Mécatina Archipelago, west of the Baie des Moutons and the village of Mutton Bay.Шаблон:Sfn The hills just inland from Mutton Bay are almost Шаблон:Convert high.Шаблон:Sfn The mouth of the Gros Mécatina River is in the municipality of Gros-Mécatina in Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality.Шаблон:Sfn The Gros Mécatina Archipelago is in the Gulf to the southeast of the point at the river's mouth.Шаблон:Sfn
The river basin includes parts of the unorganized territory Petit-Mécatina and the municipalities of Côte-Nord-du-Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent and Gros-Mécatina.Шаблон:Sfn The basin covers Шаблон:Convert.Шаблон:Sfn Lac du Gros Mecatina is not far upstream from the river's mouth. Other lakes in the watershed include Lac Bernadette, Lac Talbot, Lac Boucher, Lac Garin, Lac Doris, Lac Arabian, Lac Levêque and Lac Grenville.Шаблон:Sfn
Name
The name "Mécatina" comes from the Innu language makatinau, meaning "big mountain".Шаблон:Sfn In 1694 Louis Jolliet used the term Mecatinachis for the island of Petit Mécatina.Шаблон:Sfn The qualifiers Petit and Gros (Small and Big) were used to distinguish two nearby trading posts in the 18th century. On 20 September 1739 Jean-Baptiste Pommereau was granted a concession for the Gros Mécatinat, and on 15 January 1740 the intendant Gilles Hocquart granted Henri-Albert de Saint-Vincent seven or eight leagues of shoreline at Petit Mecatina. The names of the rivers that led inland from these trading posts were translated as the Big Mecatina River and Little Mecatina River by the English.Шаблон:Sfn
Conservation
The proposed Harrington Harbor Biodiversity Reserve would lie in the river's watershed.Шаблон:Sfn A bird sanctuary, the Gros-Mécatina Migratory Bird Sanctuary, covers Plate Island and Trois Collines Island as well as Marmette Islands and Rocks. It is fully protected and access is forbidden. It is owned by the Federal Ministry of Natural Resources and Wildlife and is subject to the Migratory Birds Convention Act, the Canada Wildlife Act and the Regulations on migratory bird sanctuaries. The tidal zones of the Gros Mécatina River and the Véco River are outside the jurisdiction of the Municipality of Gros-Mécatina and are managed by the bird sanctuary.Шаблон:Sfn
Fishing
Commercial fishing began on the Gros Mécatina River in 1749, when the river was known for the number and quality of its brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) and Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). The salmon go up the river to a large waterfall about Шаблон:Convert from its mouth. In this section, the Pourvoirie Mécatina has the exclusive fishing rights. There are about 20 pools where fish can be caught between July and September while wading on rocks without sand.Шаблон:Sfn Between 2012 and 2016 an average of 90 juvenile salmon and 4 large salmon were reported caught each year.Шаблон:Sfn In 2017 harvesting of large salmon on the river was allowed in the second part of the season.Шаблон:Sfn The river exceeded its target for salmon management in 2018, and in July 2018 the Ministry of Forests, Wildlife and Parks announced that in August anglers could keep their catch of one large salmon Шаблон:Convert or longer in the Gros Mécatina, Napetipi, Saint-Paul, Vieux Fort and Matapedia rivers.Шаблон:Sfn
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