Rivière à la Loutre (Témiscamingue)

The rivière à la Loutre (English: Otter River) is a tributary of the upper part of the Ottawa River. Rivière à la Loutre crosses the territory of the municipalities of Fugèreville and Saint-Bruno-de-Guigues, in the regional county municipality (MRC) of Témiscamingue, in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, in Quebec, in Canada.

Geography
The neighboring watersheds of the Rivière à la Loutre are:
 * north side: Lake Timiskaming;
 * east side: Laverlochère River, Cameron stream;
 * south side: Lac Témiscamingue, Ottawa River, l'Africain stream;
 * west side: lac Témiscamingue.

The main tributary of the Rivière à la Loutre is the Laverlochère River (coming from the east).

Lac d'Argent (formerly Lac d'Argent) (altitude: 292 m) constitutes the head lake of Rivière à la Loutre. ”It is located west of Lac Brisebois and west of the village of Ville-Marie.

From Lac d'Argent, the Rivière à la Loutre flows on 8.1 km west, then north, to the south shore of Lac des Douze, which the current crosses on 2.1 km to the north; then 4.8 km north to the mouth of the Laverdochère river (coming from the north); then, 21.2 km (or 12.9 km in a direct line) westward, forming several small coils, until the outlet of a stream coming from the south; then 12.8 km (or 9.0 km in a direct line) northward, forming several coils, to the discharge (coming from the north) of Deep Lake (altitude: 222 m); then 8.4 km west and north, up to its mouth.

Along its course, the Rivière à la Loutre collects several agricultural streams and passing just south of the village of Fugèreville. Its mouth is located at 229 m of altitude in the sixth rang of Fugèreville. The river flows into Paulson Bay, on the east shore of Lake Timiskaming, on the Ottawa River.

Toponymy
The toponym Rivière à la Loutre was made official on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.