# Remy River > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Remy_River > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Remy_River.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remy_River > Source revision: 1322146141 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) For other uses, see [Remy (disambiguation)](/source/Remy_(disambiguation)). The **Rémy River** is a tributary of the west bank of the lower part of the [rivière du Gouffre](/source/Rivi%C3%A8re_du_Gouffre), flowing in the municipality of [Saint-Urbain](/source/Saint-Urbain,_Quebec), in the [Charlevoix Regional County Municipality](/source/Charlevoix_Regional_County_Municipality), in the administrative region of [Capitale-Nationale](/source/Capitale-Nationale), in the [province](/source/Provinces_and_territories_of_Canada) of [Quebec](/source/Quebec), in [Canada](/source/Canada). The lower part of this valley is mainly served by the [route 381](/source/Quebec_Route_381) (boulevard de Monseigneur-De Laval) which goes up the course of the Rivière du Gouffre by the west bank. The intermediate part is served by Chemin Saint-Thomas which runs on the south side of the river, as well as by Chemin du rang Saint-Jérôme which crosses the river. The upper part of this valley is served by a few secondary forest roads. Forestry is the main economic activity in this valley; recreational tourism, second. The surface of the lower Rémy River is generally frozen from the beginning of December until the beginning of April; however, safe circulation on the ice is generally done from mid-December to the end of March. The water level of the river varies with the seasons and the precipitation; the spring flood generally occurs in April. ## Geography The Rémy River rises at the mouth of Rémy Lake (length: 0.27 kilometres (0.17 mi); altitude: 401 metres (1,316 ft)) which is surrounded by mountains. This source of the river is located at: - 4.4 kilometres (2.7 mi) south of the course of [Le Petit Bras](/source/Le_Petit_Bras_(Le_Gros_Bras)); - 7.7 kilometres (4.8 mi) south-west of the village center of Saint-Urbain; - 9.3 kilometres (5.8 mi) east of the mouth of the Rémy river (confluence with the Gouffre river); - 13.0 kilometres (8.1 mi) north-west of [Baie-Saint-Paul](/source/Baie-Saint-Paul) town center.[1] From its source, the course of the Rémy river descends on 13.6 kilometres (8.5 mi) in a generally deep valley, with a drop of 381 metres (1,250 ft), according to the following segments: - 0.7 kilometres (0.43 mi) north, to a stream (coming from the south-west); - 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) first towards the north on 0.4 kilometres (0.25 mi), then towards the east by forming a small loop towards the south-east, and collecting a stream (coming from the south), to a stream (coming from the west); - 3.0 kilometres (1.9 mi) to the east, forming small streamers, then crossing a lake (length: 0.6 kilometres (0.37 mi); altitude: 328 metres (1,076 ft)) and collecting a stream (coming from the north), up to another stream (coming from the northwest); - 3.0 kilometres (1.9 mi) towards the south-east in an increasingly steep valley down the mountain, to a stream (coming from the north-west); - 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) to the south-east in an increasingly steep valley down the mountain, then north-east to [route 138](/source/Quebec_Route_138); - 0.9 kilometres (0.56 mi) towards the east in the agricultural zone by forming two loops towards the south, until its mouth.[1] The Rémy River flows on the southwest bank of [Le Gros Bras](/source/Le_Gros_Bras), in the municipality of Saint-Urbain. This mouth is located at: - 0.5 kilometres (0.31 mi) east of [route 138](/source/Quebec_Route_138); - 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi) south-east of the summit of the Florent mountain; - 7.3 kilometres (4.5 mi) south-east of the village center of [Saint-Urbain](/source/Saint-Urbain,_Quebec); - 5.9 kilometres (3.7 mi) north-west of [Baie-Saint-Paul](/source/Baie-Saint-Paul) town center.[1] From the mouth of the Rémy river, the current descends on 11.5 kilometres (7.1 mi) with a drop of 16 metres (52 ft) following the course of the [Rivière du Gouffre](/source/Rivi%C3%A8re_du_Gouffre) which flows into [Baie-Saint-Paul](/source/Baie-Saint-Paul) in the [St. Lawrence River](/source/St._Lawrence_River).[1] ## Toponymy The oldest written mention of this [hydronym](/source/Hydronym) dates from 1743, during an act of attribution of lot 218 by the Séminaire de Québec to Antoine and Michel Tremblay; this mention in the act proves an element of boundary. This toponymic designation also appears on a map drawn in 1751 by the royal surveyor of the time, Ignace Plamondon. In La petite histoire de Charlevoix (1987), Léo Simard notes "La Rémie: double appellation and with a mill and a row, a few miles from Baie-Saint-Paul (route 138)". Despite several researches by historians, the origin of the toponym "Rémy river" remains uncertain. Some researchers, notably Nérée Tremblay, author of St-Pierre and St-Paul de la Baie St-Paul (p. 269), the name evokes the memory of Pierre Rémy (Paris, 1636 - Montreal, 1726), a Sulpician who arrived in New -France in 1672 and first priest to receive ordination in Montreal from the hands of Mgr Laval in 1676. This hypothesis seems the most probable according to the [Commission de toponymie du Québec](/source/Commission_de_toponymie_du_Qu%C3%A9bec). For Father Jean-Paul Tremblay, author of La Baie-Saint-Paul and his pioneers (p. 11), land is known by familiar names including "La Rhémy, named after a former resident, Rémi Tremblay". Note that Father Tremblay mentions land and not a river. The Rémy flour mill was built on two floors by the Séminaire de Québec during the years 1826 and 1827. Several generations of a Fortin family, millers from father to son, continue to operate this mill for more a century and a half. Main variants of the official name: Rivière de la Rémi, Rivière la Rémi, Rivière Rémi, Ruisseau Rémi (name approved on April 3, 1959), Ruisseau Rémy and Ruisseau Renay.[2] The toponym “Rémy River” was formalized on August 29, 1972 at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[3] ## Notes and references 1. [Atlas du Canada - Department of Natural Resources Canada - Rémy River - Distance and altitude measurements established from the application of site measurements.](https://atlas.gc.ca/toporama/en/index.html) 1. Source: Quebec names and places, Commission work of toponymy published in 1994 and 1996 in the form of a printed illustrated dictionary, and in that of a CD-ROM produced by the company Micro-Intel, in 1997, from this dictionary. 1. [Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of Place Names - Toponym: Rivière Rémy](http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/fiche.aspx?No_seq=70928). ## Appendices ### Related articles - [Charlevoix Regional County Municipality](/source/Charlevoix_Regional_County_Municipality) - [Saint-Urbain](/source/Saint-Urbain,_Quebec), a municipality - [Rivière du Gouffre](/source/Rivi%C3%A8re_du_Gouffre) - [St. Lawrence River](/source/St._Lawrence_River) - [List of rivers of Quebec](/source/List_of_rivers_of_Quebec) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Remy River](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remy_River) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remy_River?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.