| Watercourse |
Section |
Class |
Water quality highlights |
Principal water quality influences |
| Bear Creek |
From Basse-Aboujagane road to the first dirt road |
B |
Average E. coli rate (324MPN/100 ml) |
Moderate; Farming zone and few houses |
| From dirt road to upstream |
A |
Good substrate, bottom of rocks, a few riffles |
Low; non-habited area |
| Aboujagane River |
From Haute-Aboujagane road to Babé road |
B |
Average E. coli rate (290 MPN/100 ml), high number of trouts, spawning ground |
Low; Farming zone and few houses |
| From Babé road to Malakoff road |
B |
Presence of green algae, deposited sediment, few fish |
Moderate; Farming zone, beaver dams |
| From Malakoff road to upstream |
A |
|
Low; non-habited area |
| Kinnear River |
From 945 road to the end of the central section |
B |
Average E. coli rate (261 MPN/100 ml), moderate to high turbidity, deposited sediment, a few fish (trouts). |
Low; ATV crossing, non-habited area |
| From the end of the central section to upstream |
C |
|
Moderate to high; wood harvesting |
| Kouchibouguac River |
From 945 road to the end of the central section |
B |
Average E. coli rate (193 MPN/100 ml), presence of green algae, high number of trouts. |
Moderate; Farming zone |
| From the end of the central section to upstream |
A |
Good substrate, bottom of rocks. |
Low; ATV crossing, farming zone, low density area |
| Tedish River |
From Butte à Napoléon road to upstream |
B |
Average E. coli rate (290 MPN/ 100 ml), presence of green algae and deposited sediment |
Low; Farming zone, beaver dams |
| Copp Brook |
From the sampling site to upstream |
B |
Average E. coli rate (136 MPN/100 ml). |
Low to moderate; Farming zone |
| Friel Brook |
From the municipal lagoon to upstream |
C |
Average E. coli rate (240 MPN/ 100 ml). Few fish (trouts). |
Moderate to high; municipal lagoon, roads and houses, farming activities, timber harvesting activities |
