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Rivière Aux Ormes (Petite Rivière Du Chêne)
The rivière aux Ormes (''in English: Elm River'') is a tributary of the east bank of the Petite rivière du Chêne which empties on the south bank of the St. Lawrence River. The Rivière des Ormes flows through the municipalities of Villeroy (MRC L'Érable Regional County Municipality), Sainte-Françoise and Fortierville, in the Bécancour Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, in Quebec, in Canada. Geography The main hydrographic slopes near the "Rivière aux Ormes" are: * north side: Petite rivière du Chêne, L'Espérance stream, rivière du Chêne, St. Lawrence River; * east side: northern arm of the rivière aux Ormes, rivière du Chêne, Creuse river; * south side: Petite rivière du Chêne, Creuse river, Gentilly River, Bécancour River; * west side: Petite rivière du Chêne, St. Lawrence River, rivière aux Orignaux, rivière aux Glaises. The "rivière aux Ormes" originates north of highway 20, near exit 253. This h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fortierville, Quebec
Fortierville is a municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of the province of Quebec in Canada. See also *List of municipalities in Quebec __FORCETOC__ Quebec is the second-most populous province in Canada with 8,501,833 residents as of 2021 and is the largest in land area at . For statistical purposes, the province is divided into 1,282 census subdivisions, which are m ... References External links * Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Centre-du-Québec Designated places in Quebec Canada geography articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Quebec-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bécancour River
The Bécancour River is a river flowing in the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, in Quebec, Canada. Geography The Bécancour takes its source from the lake of the same name in the town of Thetford Mines, in the Chaudière-Appalaches region. It flows west into William Lake at Saint-Ferdinand, changes course northwards towards Inverness, turning westward there and continuing to flow west across the Centre-du-Québec region for most of its length. The river takes a turn northwestward at Saint-Wenceslas, finally emptying into the Saint Lawrence River near the heart of the city of Bécancour. Course The course of the Bécancour, which is , begins at of altitude in the Appalachian Mountains. It has its source in Bécancour Lake, in the town of Thetford Mines. It follows a winding route to Lyster, which marks its entry into the St. Lawrence Lowlands. It then turns west-southwest to Daveluyville where it turns north-west to Bécancour where it flows into the e ... [...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] |
Deschaillons-sur-Saint-Laurent, Quebec
Deschaillons-sur-Saint-Laurent is a municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of the province of Quebec in Canada. See also *List of municipalities in Quebec __FORCETOC__ Quebec is the second-most populous province in Canada with 8,501,833 residents as of 2021 and is the largest in land area at . For statistical purposes, the province is divided into 1,282 census subdivisions, which are m ... References External links * Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Centre-du-Québec Designated places in Quebec {{Quebec-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec Route 226
Route 226 is a two-lane east/west highway in Quebec, Canada. Its western terminus is at the junction of Route 132 in Pierreville and its eastern terminus is in Sainte-Croix at the junction of Route 271. Route 226 is an exclusively rural highway going through very small villages in the Chaudière-Appalaches and mostly in the Centre-du-Québec regions. The biggest village along the way is Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière, with 1,200 people. Municipalities along Route 226 * Pierreville * Saint-Elphège * La-Visitation-de-Yamaska * Sainte-Monique * Grand-Saint-Esprit * Saint-Célestin (municipality) * Saint-Célestin (village) * Bécancour * Sainte-Marie-de-Blandford * Sainte-Sophie-de-Lévrard * Fortierville * Parisville * Leclercville * Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière * Sainte-Croix File:Sainte-Gertrude, Québec 04.jpg, Route 226 in Sainte-Gertrude. File:Rivière Nicolet Sainte-Monique.JPG, Bridge over Nicolet River in Sainte-Monique. File:Sainte-Marie-de-Blandford.JP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec Route 265
Route 265 is a two-lane north/south highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. Its northern terminus is in Deschaillons-sur-Saint-Laurent at the junction of Route 132, and the southern terminus is at the junction of Route 165 in Plessisville. It used to continue up to Black Lake (now part of Thetford Mines) at the junction of Route 112, but the segment between Plessisville and Black Lake was later re-numbered to Route 165 in the 1990s. Towns along Route 265 * Deschaillons-sur-Saint-Laurent * Parisville * Fortierville * Sainte-Françoise * Villeroy * Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes * Plessisville See also * List of Quebec provincial highways This is a list of highways maintained by the government of Quebec. Autoroutes The Autoroute system in Quebec is a network of expressways which operate under the same principle of controlled access as the Interstate Highway System in the United ... References External links Route 265on Google Maps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, Centre-du-Québec, Quebec
Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes is a parish municipality in Quebec. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada Statistics Canada (StatCan; french: Statistique Canada), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and cultur ..., Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes 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. References Parish municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Centre-du-Québec {{Quebec-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Val-Alain, Quebec
Val-Alain is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Lotbinière in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 930 as of 2009. It is named after Alain Chartier Joly de Lotbinière, grandson of Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, former premier of Quebec. "Monsieur Alain," as he was known, headed the Lotbinière ''seigneurie In English law, seignory or seigniory, spelled ''signiory'' in Early Modern English (; french: seigneur, lit=lord; la, senior, lit=elder), is the lordship (authority) remaining to a grantor after the grant of an estate in fee simple. ''Nulle terre ...'' from 1911 to 1954. References Commission de toponymie du Québec External l ...
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Quebec Autoroute 20
Autoroute 20 is a Quebec Autoroute, following the Saint Lawrence River through one of the more densely populated parts of Canada, with its central section forming the main route of the Trans-Canada Highway from the A-25 interchange to the A-85 interchange. At , it is the longest Autoroute in Quebec. It is one of two main links between Montreal and Quebec City; the other is the A-40. There are two sections of the A-20, separated by a gap. The mainline extends for from the Ontario border to its current terminus at Trois-Pistoles. The second, more northerly section is far shorter (). Constructed as a super two autoroute (one lane in each direction), this section of the A-20 bypasses Rimouski to the south and ends at a roundabout junction with Highway 132 in Mont-Joli. While the Quebec government has completed environmental and economic reviews of the impact of linking the two sections of Autoroute 20, it has not committed the funds necessary for construction. Citing the high ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivière Aux Glaises
The rivière aux Glaises (''in English: Clay River'') is a tributary of the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. This river flows in the territory of the sector of Gentilly of the town of Bécancour and in the municipality of Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, in the Bécancour Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, in Quebec, in Canada. Toponymy The Rivière aux Glaises owes its name to the clayey nature of its bed. The name appears on a 1938 map of Nicolet County, but its use is probably older. Geography The main neighboring watersheds of the Glaises river are: * North side: St. Lawrence River; * East side: Ours stream, Sources stream, rivière aux Orignaux; * South side: Bras Chaud stream, Beaudet River, Gentilly River; * West side: rivière du Moulin, rivière de la Ferme, Gentilly River. The Glaises river has its source in an agricultural zone in the Gentilly sector, east of the town of Bécancour. This zone is located very cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivière Aux Orignaux (Gentilly)
The rivière aux Orignaux (''in English: Moose River'') is a tributary of the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. This river flows in the municipality of Sainte-Sophie-de-Lévrard, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets and in the area of Gentilly of the town of Bécancour and in the Bécancour Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, in Quebec, in Canada. Toponymy The name of the river appears on an 1858 map. It underlines the ancient presence of the original in Centre-du-Québec. It was also known under the name of Chaud brook. Geography The main neighboring watersheds of the Orignaux River are: * North side: La Plaine stream, St. Lawrence River, Petite rivière du Chêne; * East side: Sources stream, Petite rivière du Chêne; * South side: Ours stream, rivière aux Glaises, Bras Chaud creek, Beaudet River, Gentilly River; * West side: St. Lawrence River, rivière du Moulin. The Rivière des Orignaux takes its source in an agricultura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
