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The Rivière aux Outardes or Outardes River is a river in Quebec, Canada. The river originates in the Otish Mountains, and flows in a southerly direction for its entire course. It passes through Lake Plétipi and Burnt Islands Lake (''Îles Brûlées''), and widens about midway to form the large Outardes 4 Reservoir. It drains into Outardes Bay of the Saint Lawrence River, about southwest of Baie-Comeau. At its mouth, the Outardes River widens and flows over a sandbar, making it extremely shallow. There are several islands in Outardes Bay of which the most notable are White Island (''île Blanche''), a rock of white granite high, and Mine Island (''île de la Mine''), a bare red rock reaching high. The river was first called Cane or Caen River by Jean Alfonse in 1544. The name ''riviere aux Outardes'' came in use following its appearance on maps by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin in 1744 and 1764. English maps from the end of the 18th century and early 19th century would show "Bustard River", as a translation of the archaic French word ''bistarde'' or ''oustarde''. Today ''outardes'' is the Canadian French word for Canada geese. The indigenous Innu called the river ''Pirebistibit, Peritibistokou, Pletipishtuk'', or ''Piletipîstuk Shipu'' which means "partridge river".〔 Among its significant tributaries are: * Silver River (''Rivière à l'argent'') * * Villéon River * Long Wood River (''Rivière du Bois Long'') * Matonipi River The river has been developed for hydro-electric power generation as part of the Manic-Outardes Project in the 1960s and 70s. There are 3 power plants: * Outardes-2 - near the mouth of the river at Chute-aux-Outardes * Outardes-3 * Outardes-4 ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rivière aux Outardes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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