Barrière River (Quinze Lake)

The Barrière River (French: Rivière Barrière) is a tributary of the Des Quinze Lake, flowing in the municipality of Rémigny, in the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality of the Abitibi-Témiscamingue administrative region, Quebec, Canada.

Recreational tourism activities are the main economic activity of the sector; agriculture, second.

Annually, the surface of the river is generally frozen from mid-November to late April, however, the period of safe ice circulation is usually from mid-December to early April.

Geography
The hydrographic slopes near the Barrière River are:
 * North side: Rémigny Lake, Barrier Lake;
 * East side: Des Quinze Lake (Tigre Bay), Lac Lebret, Beaumesnil Lake;
 * South side: Des Quinze Lake (Barrière Bay), Ottawa River;
 * West side: Prévost Lake, Wright Creek, Burwash Creek.

The Barriere River has its source on the south shore of Rémigny Lake (length: 23.8 km; altitude: 266 m) in the southern part of the town of Rémigny.

From its source, the Barrière River flows over 1.0 km according to the following segments:
 * 0.5 km Southeast passing the west side of the village of Rémigny to the bridge over the Barrière River;
 * 0.5 km Northeast from the west side of the village to its mouth.

The Barrière River flows on the North shore of the Des Quinze Lake. This mouth is located at: North of the mouth of the Quinze Lake;
 * 1.7 km Southeast of the mouth of the Barriere Lake;
 * 1.4 km South of the bridge over the Barrière River to the village of Rémigny;
 * 29.1 km Northeast of Lake Timiskaming.

Toponymy
The term "Barrière" is a family name of French origin.

The toponym "Barrière River" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec, i.e. at the creation of the Commission.