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Coleraine River
The Coleraine river (''in French: rivière Coleraine'') is a tributary of lake Noir whose waters flow into lake Aylmer; the latter constitutes an extension of the Saint-François River. The course of the Coleraine river crosses the territory of the municipalities of Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine and Disraeli (parish), in the Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality of Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, on the South Shore of the St. Lawrence River, in Quebec, Canada. Geography The main neighboring Drainage basin, watersheds of the Coleraine river are: * north side: Bécancour River, Noire River (Bécancour River), Noire River, Larochelle River, Sunday River (Osgood River tributary), Sunday River; * east side: Saint-François River; * south side: lake Aylmer, Saint-François River; * west side: Nicolet River, Osgood River, Blanche River (rivière au Pin), Blanche River. The Coleraine River has its source at Saint-Jos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is the largest province by area and the second-largest by population. Much of the population lives in urban areas along the St. Lawrence River, between the most populous city, Montreal, and the provincial capital, Quebec City. Quebec is the home of the Québécois nation. Located in Central Canada, the province shares land borders with Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, New Brunswick to the southeast, and a coastal border with Nunavut; in the south it borders Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York in the United States. Between 1534 and 1763, Quebec was called ''Canada'' and was the most developed colony in New France. Following the Seven Years' War, Quebec b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noire River (Bécancour River)
Noire River or Rivière Noire may refer to: North America * Grande rivière Noire or Big Black River (Saint John River tributary), in Maine, United States, and Quebec, Canada * Noire River (L'Assomption River tributary), Matawinie, Lanaudière, Quebec, Canada * Noire River (Ottawa River tributary), Waltham, Quebec, Canada * Noire River (Beaurivage River tributary), Quebec, Canada * Noire River (Bécancour River tributary), L'Érable, Centre-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada * Noire River (Bulstrode River tributary), Arthabaska, Centre-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada * Noire River (Felton River tributary), Le Granit, Estrie, Quebec, Canada * Noire River (Fourche River tributary), Les Chenaux Regional County Municipality, Mauricie, Quebec, Canada * Noire River (Huron River tributary), Lotbinière, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada * Noire River (rivière du Moulin tributary), Robert-Cliche, Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec, Canada * Noire River (Yamaska River tributary), Estrie and Mont ... [...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] |
Lake Aylmer
Lake Aylmer (french: Lac Aylmer) is a lake located on the border of the Chaudière-Appalaches and Estrie regions of Quebec, Canada. It is shared by the Regional County Municipalities 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 r ... (RCM) of Les Appalaches, Le Granit and Le Haut-Saint-François. References Lakes of Chaudière-Appalaches {{ChaudièreAppalaches-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disraeli, Quebec (city)
The city of Disraeli is located in the Municipalité régionale de comté des Appalaches in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 2,570 as of 2009. It was named after British statesman and writer Benjamin Disraeli. The city of Disraeli forms an enclave in the territory of the parish of Disraeli and the two are separate legal entities. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Disraeli had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Notable people Henri Gagnon and Irène Marcotte, parents of Rene Gagnon, one of the six US Marines who raised the second American flag The national flag of the United States of America, often referred to as the ''American flag'' or the ''U.S. flag'', consists of thirteen equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bisby River
The Bisby River is a tributary of Lac Noir whose waters flow into lake Aylmer; the latter constitutes an extension of the Saint-François River. The course of the Bisby river crosses the territory of the municipalities of Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine and Disraeli, in the Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, on the South Shore of the St. Lawrence River, in Quebec, Canada. Geography The main neighboring watersheds of the Bisby River are: * north side: Coleraine River; * east side: Saint-François River; * south side: Saint-François River; * west side: lake Aylmer. Bisby Lake The Bisby River has its source at Bisby Lake (length: ; altitude: ), located in the municipality of Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine, at north of the Saint-François River. This head lake is located south of the summit of Mont Nadeau (altitude: ). The route 112 and route 263 coming from the Allard dam road, give access to Bisby lake. Twenty-eight (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec Route 112
Route 112 is a busy east/west highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. Its eastern terminus is in Frampton at the junction of Route 275, and the western terminus is in Downtown Montreal (at the corner of Peel Street and Sherbrooke Street), after crossing the Victoria Bridge. The stretch between Vallée-Jonction and Sherbrooke is a very busy highway as it is the main link between the southern regions of Quebec, in particular the Beauce region and the Eastern Townships. Between Sherbrooke and Marieville there is less traffic, since Autoroute 10 is in close proximity to the highway. (Before Autoroute 10 was put in service in the early 1960s, Route 1 (now Route 112) was the main link between Montreal and the Eastern Townships; see paragraph below.) From Marieville to Montreal it is a very busy highway, in most parts a four-lane separated highway, upgraded to freeway standards in certain places. Route 112 is Granby's main street (rue Principale), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blanche River (rivière Au Pin)
Blanche may refer to: People *Blanche (singer), stage name of Belgian singer and songwriter Ellie Delvaux *Blanche (given name) * Blanche (surname) Places Australia *Blanche Harbor (South Australia), a bay on the east coast of Eyre Peninsula ** Blanche Harbor, South Australia, a locality on the east coast of Eyre Peninsula * Blanche Rock, Tasmania Haiti * Rivière Blanche (Artibonite), a river in Haiti * Rivière Blanche (Ouest), a river in Haiti United States * Blanch, North Carolina, formerly called Blanche * Blanche, Tennessee, census-designated place * Lake Blanche (Minnesota) Elsewhere * Rivière Blanche (Martinique), a river * Aiguille Blanche de Peuterey, a mountain near Mont Blanc * Blanche (Guinea), an island in the Îles de Los * Blanche Harbor, in the Solomon Islands * Blanche River (Lake Timiskaming), in Canada Other uses * , various Royal Navy ships * , an iron steamship * Blanche (Paris Métro) * Blanche (band), an alternative-country band * ''Blanche'', a 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osgood River
The Osgood River (french: rivière Osgood) is a tributary of the Palmer River, which is a tributary of the Bécancour River, in Quebec, in Canada; the latter being in turn a tributary of the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. The Osgood River flows through the regional county municipalities of: * L'Érable Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the region administrative office of Centre-du-Québec: municipalities of Kinnear's Mills, Inverness; * Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches: municipalities of Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds. Geography The main neighboring watersheds of the Osgood River are: * north side: Palmer River; * east side: Sunday River, Perry River, Palmer East River; * south side: Sunday River, Prévost-Gilbert River, Ashberham River, Blanche River (Thetford Mines), Gagné River, Bagot River; * west side: Bécancour River, Bullard stream. The Osgood River has its source in the heart of the ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolet River
The Nicolet River (french: Rivière Nicolet) is a river in Quebec, Canada. It is a tributary of the Saint Lawrence River on its southern shore and flows into Lake Saint Pierre. It is named in honor of the pioneer Jean Nicolet. It has several tributaries including the River Bulstrode and the Nicolet River Southwest. Its watershed is mainly in the Centre-du-Québec region although the Southwest Nicolet rises in Estrie. The city of Nicolet is near its mouth on the lake Saint-Pierre which is crossed to the northwest by the St. Lawrence River. Geography Hydrology The Nicolet River begins its course from at an altitude of approximately in lake Nicolet, at Saints-Martyrs-Canadiens. It then flows in a northwesterly direction to Nicolet where it flows into lac Saint-Pierre. Its watershed has an area of . Its modulus is . Its main tributaries are, from upstream to downstream, the rivers des Vases, des Pins, des Rosiers, Bulstrode and Nicolet Southwest. The latter, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunday River (Osgood River Tributary)
The Sunday River (''in French: rivière Sunday'') is a tributary of the Osgood River, whose course flows successively into the Palmer River and Bécancour River; the latter being in turn a tributary of the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. The Sunday River flows through the municipalities of Kinnear's Mills and Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds, in the Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the region administrative office of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada. Geography The river, once a strong sinuosity, has a length of about after linearization. Its basin has an area of approximately . Its bed of gravel has a depth varying from and a width of . The edges suffer from frequent erosion. The river is then diverted from its course, and the new meanders must be linearized again every three years. Also, the bed must be periodically freed from gravel deposits due to erosion. The river is rich in brook trout, but linearization work has compromised the integrity o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larochelle River
The Larochelle River (''in French: rivière Larochelle'') is a tributary of the Bécancour River. It flows in the municipalities of Saint-Julien and Irlande, in the Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada. Geography The main neighboring watersheds of the Larochelle river are: * north side: Bécancour River, William Lake; * east side: Bécancour River, Lac à la Truite; * south side: Blanche River; * west side: Côté brook, Bulstrode River. The Larochelle River has its source in the mountains, west at the village of Saint-Julien, northeast of the village of Saint-Fortunat and northwest of the village of Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown. From its head, the Larochelle river flows over divided into the following segments: * towards the south-east, in the municipality of Saint-Julien, to a forest road; * north-east, up to the road; * north, to the west 2e rang road; * nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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