|
Bras D'Henri
The Bras d'Henri is a tributary of the Beaurivage River which is a tributary of the west bank of the Chaudière River (slope of the south bank of the Saint-Laurent). It flows in the municipality of Saint-Elzéar, Saint-Bernard, Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage, in the Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon sector of the city of Lévis and Saint-Gilles, in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada. Geography The main neighboring watersheds of the Bras d'Henri river are: * north side: Beaurivage River, Chaudière River, Cugnet River; * east side: Malbrook stream, Chaudière River Vallée River, Savoie River; * south side: Beaurivage River; * West side: rivière aux Pins, Noire River, Rouge River, Beaurivage River. Le Bras d'Henri has its source in the municipality of Saint-Elzéar at west of the village center. This headland is located north of route 216, north of the head of the Savoie River (tributary of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regional County Municipality
The term regional county municipality or RCM (''french: municipalité régionale de comté, MRC'') is used in Quebec, Canada to refer to one of 87 county-like political entities. In some older English translations they were called county regional municipality. Regional county municipalities are a supralocal type of regional municipality, and act as the local municipality in Unorganized area#Quebec, unorganized territories within their borders. The system of regional county municipalities was introduced beginning in 1979 to replace the List of former counties of Quebec, historic counties of Quebec. In most cases, the territory of an RCM corresponds to that of a Census geographic units of Canada, census division; however, there are a few exceptions. Some local municipalities are outside any regional county municipality (''hors MRC''). This includes some municipalities within Urban agglomerations in Quebec, urban agglomerations and also some aboriginal lands, such as Indian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cugnet River
The Cugnet river (''in French: rivière Cugnet'') is a tributary of the Beaurivage River which is a tributary of the west bank of the Chaudière River (slope of the south bank of the St. Lawrence River). It flows in the municipality of Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon of the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality and in the Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon of the city of Lévis, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada. Geography The main neighboring watersheds of the Cugnet river are: * north side: Beaurivage River, Chaudière River; * east side: Chaudière River; * south side: Malbrook stream, Bras d'Henri, Beaurivage River; * West side: rivière aux Pins, Noire River, rivière Rouge, Beaurivage River. The Cugnet river takes its source south of "rue du Pont", in the Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon area of the city of Lévis. This headland is located near the northern limit of the municipality of Saint-Bernard (MRC de La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional Count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Rivers Of Quebec
This is a list of rivers of Quebec. Quebec has about: *one million lakes of which 62279 have a toponymic designation (a name), plus 218 artificial lakes; *15228 watercourses with an official toponymic designation, including 12094 streams and 3134 rivers. Quebec has 2% of all fresh water on the planet."''Du Québec à la Louisiane, sur les traces des Français d'Amérique'', Géo Histoire, Hors-série, Éditions Prisma, Paris, October 2006 James Bay watershed James Bay Rivers flowing into James Bay, listed from south to north * Rivière au Saumon (Baie James) * Rivière au Phoque (Baie James) * Désenclaves River * Roggan River **Corbin River ** Anistuwach River * Kapsaouis River * Piagochioui River =Tributaries of La Grande River= =Tributaries of Rupert River= =Tributaries of Broadback River= =Tributaries of Nottaway River= Tributaries of Waswanipi River (which empties in Nottaway River via Matagami Lake) Tributaries of Bell River Quebec rivers flowing in Ontario (o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commission De Toponymie Du Québec
The Commission de toponymie du Québec (English: ''Toponymy Commission of Québec'') is the Government of Québec's public body responsible for cataloging, preserving, making official and publicize Québec's place names and their origins according to the province's toponymy rules. It also provides recommendations to the government with regard to toponymic changes. Its mandate covers the namings of: * natural geographical features (lakes, rivers, mountains, etc.) * constructed features (dams, embankments, bridges, etc.) * administrative units (wildlife sanctuaries, administrative regions, parks, etc.) * inhabited areas (villages, towns, Indian reserves, etc.) * roadways (streets, roads, boulevards, etc.) A child agency of the Office québécois de la langue française, it was created in 1977 through jurisdiction defined in the Charter of the French Language to replace the Commission of Geography, created in 1912. See also * Toponymy * Toponym'elles * Office québécois de la lang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec Route 218
Route 218 is a two-lane east/west highway in Quebec, Canada. Its western terminus is at the junction of Route 132 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets and its eastern terminus is in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse at the junction of Route 281. Route description From Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets to its junction with Autoroute 20, it runs southeasterly (except from a brief northeastern-bound concurrency with Route 226) until it reaches the Bécancour River, which it follows West on its North shore until Lyster, where it shares a concurrency with Route 116. From there it turns northeasterly toward a concurrency with Route 271 in Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière and its junction with Route 269 between Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage and Saint-Gilles, with both routes following the Beaurivage River downstream before separating at Saint-Gilles, where Route 218 crosses the river toward Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon, where it crosses the Chaudière River. From there it goes to very join briefly the lengthy con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richelieu River
The Richelieu River () is a river of Quebec, Canada, and a major right-bank tributary of the St. Lawrence River. It rises at Lake Champlain, from which it flows northward through Quebec and empties into the St. Lawrence. It was formerly known by the French as the Iroquois River and the Chambly River, and was named for Cardinal Richelieu, the powerful minister under Louis XIII. This river was a long a key route of water transport for trading, first by indigenous peoples, and then for cross-border trade between Canada and the United States. With 19th-century construction of the Champlain Canal (1823) south of the Lake Champlain and the Chambly Canal (1843) to the north, the Richelieu provided a direct route from the Saint Lawrence River to New York via Lake Champlain, the canals, and the Hudson River. The construction of rail transport in the mid-19th century competed with such river/canal routes and ultimately succeeded them, because of faster service with greater freight c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec Route 216
Route 216 is a two-lane east/west highway in Quebec, Canada, which starts in Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley in the Estrie region at the junction of Route 108 and ends in Sainte-Perpétue in Chaudière-Appalaches at the junction of Route 204. Route 216 follows mostly a northeast/southwest course, and it is not a busy highway as it mostly links small villages between themselves in the backroads of the Appalachians. The only two major towns along the way are Sherbrooke and Sainte-Marie. Between Ham-Nord (junction with Route 161) and Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown (junction with Route 263), the road is unpaved. Municipalities along Route 216 * Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley * Sherbrooke * Stoke * Saint-Camille * Wotton * Saint-Adrien * Ham-Nord * Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown * Saint-Julien * Irlande * Saint-Adrien-d'Irlande * Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf * Kinnear's Mills * Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds * Saint-Sylvestre * Saint-Elzéar * Sainte-Marie * Sain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rouge River (Beaurivage River Tributary)
The Rivière Rouge (''in English: Red River'') is a tributary of the west shore of Beaurivage River which is a tributary of the west bank of the Chaudière River (slope of the south bank of the St. Lawrence River). It flows in the municipalities of Saint-Agapit and Saint-Apollinaire in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada. Geography The main neighboring watersheds of the Red River are: * north side: Aulneuse River, Beaurivage River, St. Lawrence River; * east side: Beaurivage River, Chaudière River; * south side: Noire River, rivière aux Pins, Henri River, Beaurivage River; * west side: Henri River, Bourret brook, rivière aux Cèdres, Noire River. The Red River has its source in the municipality of Saint-Agapit, on the boundary with the municipality of Saint-Apollinaire. This head area is located south of highway 20, southeast of the village center of Saint-Apollinaire and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noire River (Beaurivage River Tributary)
The rivière Noire (''in English: Black River'') is a tributary of the Beaurivage River which is a tributary of the east bank of the Chaudière River (slope of the south bank of the St. Lawrence River), in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada. It flows in the municipalities of Saint-Flavien, Saint-Agapit, Saint-Gilles (Lotbinière Regional County Municipality) and in the city of Lévis ( Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon sector). Geography The main neighboring watersheds of the Noire River are: * north side: Rouge River, Aulneuse River, Beaurivage River, rivière des Moulanges; * east side: Beaurivage River, Chaudière River; * south side: Rivière du Loup, rivière aux Pins, Henri River, rivière aux Cèdres; * west side: Bourret stream, Bois Franc-Pierriche stream, rivière aux Ormes, rivière aux Cèdres, Henri River. The Black River has its source in the municipality of Saint-Flavien. This headland is located southwest of route ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivière Aux Pins (Beaurivage River)
Rivière aux Pins may refer to: * Rivière aux Pins (Montmorency River tributary), in Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval, La Jacques Cartier Regional County Municipality, Capitale-Nationale, Quebec, Canada * Rivière aux Pins (Saint-Joseph Lake), in Fossambault-sur-le-Lac, La Jacques Cartier Regional County Municipality, Capitale-Nationale, Quebec Canada ** Petite rivière aux Pins, tributary of Rivière aux Pins in La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality, Capitale-Nationale, Quebec, Canada * Rivière aux Pins (Beaurivage River tributary), in Lotbinière Regional County Municipality, Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec, Canada * Rivière aux Pins (Boucherville), a tributary of the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Boucherville, Montérégie, Quebec, Canada See also * Rivière au Pin (Bécancour River tributary) The rivière au Pin (''in English: Pine River'') is a tributary of the Bécancour River which is a tributary of the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, in Quebec, in C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savoie River
The Savoy River (''in French: rivière Savoy'') is a tributary of the west bank of the Chaudière River which flows north to empty onto the south bank of the Saint Lawrence River. It flows in the municipalities of Saint-Elzéar and Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce, in the La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada. Geography The main neighboring watersheds of the Savoie river are: * north side: Vallée River, rivière des Îles Brûlées, Chaudière River; * east side: Chaudière River; * south side: Nadeau River, Lessard River, Cliche River, rivière des Fermes; * west side: Aulnaies stream, Beaurivage River, Fourchette River, Filkars River. The Savoie river has its source in the Haut-Saint-Olivier range, in the municipality of Saint-Elzéar, on the north slope of Mont du Cosmos. This head zone is located southwest of the center of the village of Saint-Elzéar, at west of the Chaudière River and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vallée River
The Vallée River (''in French: rivière Vallée'') is a tributary of the west bank of the Chaudière River which flows northward to empty onto the south bank of the St. Lawrence River. It flows in the municipalities of Saint-Elzéar and Siante-Marie-de-Beauce, in the La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada. Geography The main neighboring watersheds of the Vallée river are: * north side: rivière des Îles Brûlées, Chaudière River; * east side: Chaudière River, Saint-Elzéar stream; * south side: Aulnaies stream, Savoie River; * west side: Beaurivage River. The Vallée river has its source in a mountainous area, in the municipality of Saint-Elzéar. This head area is located west of the center of the village of Saint-Elzéar, at west of Chaudière River and northeast of Mont-Sainte-Marguerite. From its source, the Vallée River flows over in agricultural and forest areas, divid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
