Port au Persil River

The main hydrographic slopes near the "Salmon Port River" are:

• North side: Noire River, Port aux Quilles River, Rivière de la Baie des Rochers, Saguenay River;
• East side: Port aux Persil Cove, St. Lawrence River;
• South side: Marguerite Creek, Port au Saumon River, Rivière à la Loutre, Malbaie River;
• West side: Salmon Port River.[2]

The Port-au-Persil River rises from a mountain stream (elevation: 281 m (922 ft)) in a forest area southeast of "lac des Rats Musqués" (lake of the Musk Rats).

From its source, the course of the Port aux Persil river descends by traveling 9.4 km (5.8 mi) according to the following segments:

• 3.0 km (1.9 mi) southeasterly, to a bend in a river where a stream flows (from the north);
• 2.9 km (1.8 mi) to the south, in particular passing under Hydro-Québec power lines, then to the east, winding up to Route 138 that it cuts at 0.4 km (0.25 mi) north of the hamlet Saint-Chrétien;
• 1.5 km (0.93 mi) south to a river bend where a stream flows (from the west);
• 2.0 km (1.2 mi) east through a series of rapids and waterfalls, to the east shore of Port Anse à Persil which is interelected in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.[3]

The term "Port au Persil" is used in Quebec toponymy in the area of Saint-Siméon to designate: the harbor, the hamlet, the bay, the road, the lake, the river and a street.

The term "parsley" was used in the accounts of Samuel de Champlain in 1626. The word parsley is equivalent to "Ligusticum scothicum" or Scottish fillet or parsley or wild parsley, which abound on the shores of the St. Lawrence River, particularly at Rivière-du-Loup.[4]

The toponym "Rivière du Port au Saumon" was formalized on March 28, 1974 at the Bank of Place Names of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[4]

• St. Lawrence River
• Saint-Siméon, a municipality
• List of rivers of Quebec