Matane River

Matane River
Mouth of the Matane River
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Bas-Saint-Laurent
MRC	La Matanie Regional County Municipality
Physical characteristics
Source	streams on the western slope of Mont Blanc
• location	Rivière-Bonjour (canton Le Clercq)
• coordinates	48°47′08″N 66°52′57″W / 48.78556°N 66.88250°W / 48.78556; -66.88250
• elevation	350 m (1,150 ft)
Mouth	Saint Lawrence River
• location	Matane
• coordinates	48°51′11″N 67°32′01″W / 48.85306°N 67.53361°W / 48.85306; -67.53361
• elevation	1 m (3.3 ft)
Length	105.3 km (65.4 mi)
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	(upstream) Petchedetz River, Bastien Creek, Johnson Creek, Towagodi River, Tamagodi River, Simonneau Creek, Chandler Creek, Martel Creek, rivière à la Truite, Desjarlais Creek, Ouelette Creek, Camp Creek, Donetgay Creek
• right	(upstream) Lac Blanchette and Lac Bernier outlet, Gagnon stream, Petite rivière Matane, Saint-Jean stream, Pitounes stream, Duvivier River

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).