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Rivière à La Tortue
The Rivière à la Tortue has its source at the mouth of à la Tortue lake. The river flows east in the municipalities of Hérouxville, Saint-Séverin and Saint-Stanislas, in Mékinac and Les Chenaux RCM (Regional County Municipality), Quebec, Mauricie, Canada. Geography Dam on the Turtle River The dam that regulates the discharge of water from Lac à la Tortue, and ensures the management of the water level, is located on the Turtle River, near Chemin de la Grande Ligne, in Hérouxville. It is about 800 meters from the discharge point of the lake and was the subject of a major restoration in 1999. (Translate from french) — Learn more about the Turtle River Dam, by Francois St-Onge. Without prejudice Without prejudice ''The "rivière à la Tortue" takes its source at the mouth of "Lac à la Tortue" (northern part of the lake which is located in Hérouxville). The southern part of this lake is located in the Lac-à-la-Tortue sector of Shawinigan. From the "Lac à la Tortue" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hérouxville
Hérouxville (formerly called Saint-Timothée d'Hérouxville) is a parish municipality in the Mékinac Regional County Municipality in the administrative region of Mauricie, in the province of Quebec, Canada. Its watershed is mainly part of the Batiscanie. Hérouxville is directly on the route to Saint-Tite and the Festival western de Saint-Tite, in addition to being the northeast gateway to Mauricie, a region renowned for its lush forests and quaint villages. Hérouxville is small rural farming parish. Its main economic activity is agriculture; forestry and recreational tourism are part of the local economy. Hérouxville also offers its visitors throughout the year the facilities and services of: * Camp Val Notre-Dame, a family vacation and reunion camp, * Domaine Tavibois, a rest and healing center. According to the revised development plan of the Mékinac Regional County Municipality, effective February 27, 2008, Hérouxville had 104 chalets, 22 farms operating in 1685 hect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shawinigan
Shawinigan () is a city located on the Saint-Maurice River in the Mauricie area in Quebec, Canada. It had a population of 49,349 as of the 2016 Canadian census. Shawinigan is also a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) and census division (CD) of Quebec, coextensive with the city of Shawinigan. Its geographical code is 36. Shawinigan is the seat of the judicial district of Saint-Maurice. The name Shawinigan has had numerous spellings over time: Chaouinigane, Oshaouinigane, Assaouinigane, Achawénégan, Chawinigame, Shawenigane, Chaouénigane. It may mean "south portage", "portage of beeches", "angular portage", or "summit" or "crest". Before 1958, the city was known as Shawinigan Falls. Shawinigan is the birthplace of former Prime Minister of Canada Jean Chrétien. History In 1651, the Jesuit priest Buteaux was the first European known to have travelled up the Saint-Maurice River to this river's first set of great falls. Afterwards, missionaries going t ... [...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] |
Batiscanie
Batiscanie is the watershed of the Batiscan River, located in the center of the province of Quebec, Canada, covering 4690 km² on the North Shore of the St. Lawrence River. The area covered by Batiscanie is 53% in the administrative région of Mauricie and 47% in the administrative region of the Capitale-Nationale. The territory of the Batiscanie is 87% forest areas (especially in the Middle and Upper Batiscanie) and 7% rivers, lakes and wetlands. The Batiscan River Valley is designated "Batiscanie" in publications of several historians. Agricultural areas occupy a total area of , or 5.5% of the Batiscanie, especially in the south of the territory. In 2010, MAPAQ counted 217 farms in operation in Batiscanie. The sub-basin of the Rivière des Envies (Cravings River) is a growing area of . According to MAPAQ the agricultural land of Batiscanie has an uncultivated area of , because of certain fallow-land lots and some wooded areas, often subject to limitations related to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivière Des Chutes (Batiscan River Tributary)
The Rivière des Chutes (''English: River of the Falls'') drains mainly the municipality of Saint-Narcisse, and also Saint-Stanislas, at the end of its course. These municipalities are located in the Les Chenaux Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Mauricie, in the province of Quebec, Canada. The Rivière des Chutes flows over (including 1.7 km in Saint-Stanislas at the end of it path) and drains a watershed of an area of (including watershed Sanschagrin stream, in Saint-Stanislas). River path Source This river of the Batiscanie rises in "Lac Noir" (Black Lake) (popularly designated "Morin Lake"), located at (measured in direct line) at the East of Lac-à-la-Tortue, at the limit of Hérouxville, Quebec (Row X) and Saint-Narcisse (Row "Côte Saint-Pierre Coté Sud" and First row of Radnor). Because of the geographical position of the lake, the "chemin de la Grande ligne" (Great Line road) makes a curve around the lac on the north. Formerly, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivière Des Envies
Rivière des Envies (River of cravings, in a direct translation) is located in Canada, in the province of Quebec, in the Mauricie administrative region, in the Batiscanie. Rivière des Envies course from the outlet of Lac-de-la-Traverse, located in row St-Joseph, Sainte-Thècle. This lake is fed by the outlet of Lake Aylwin, which in turn is fed by the discharge of Lake Jesuit (and lakes of surrounding mountains). The watershed of the rivière des envies is , i.e. the second largest watershed of Batiscanie. The basin is shared by three regional county municipalities: • MRC of Mékinac (for Sainte-Thècle, Saint-Tite, Hérouxville and Saint-Séverin), • MRC of Shawinigan (for Lac-à-la-Tortue), • MRC des Chenaux (for Saint-Stanislas (Les Chenaux)). Although the territory of the municipality of Saint-Adelphe is in the center of the arc formed by the course of the "River des Envies", this place is excluded from this watershed but a little area at the south-west—a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec Route 159
Provincial Highway 159 (or Route 159) is a two-lane highway on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. Its northern terminus is in Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac at the junction of Route 155, and the southern terminus is at the junction of Route 138 in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade. Municipalities along Route 159 * Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade * Saint-Prosper-de-Champlain * Saint-Stanislas * Saint-Séverin * Saint-Tite * Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac Photos Route 159 (Québec) File:Sign (30475207246).jpg, Road signs close to Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade File:Rue Principale, lumières hivernales.jpg, Rue Principale (route 159), Saint-Prosper File:Pont routier enjambant la rivière Batiscan au village de Saint-Stanislas (Les Chenaux), en Mauricie, au Québec, au Canada- 2014-07-06 19-11.jpg, Bridge on Batiscan River, Saint-Stanislas File:Église Saint-Séverin-de-Proulxville.JPG, Bld. Saint-Louis (route 159), Parish church, Saint-Séverin Major intersections See ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Séverin (Mékinac), Quebec
Saint-Séverin (; oc, Sent Severin) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. Geography The Lizonne forms the commune's eastern border, then flows into the Dronne, which forms the commune's southern border. Population See also *Communes of the Charente department The following is a list of the 364 communes of the Charente department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Charente Charente communes articles needing translation from French Wikip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Narcisse, Quebec
Saint-Narcisse is a parish municipality located in the regional county municipality (MRC) Chenaux, in the administrative region of Mauricie, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. Located on the North Shore of the Saint Lawrence River, about from downtown Trois-Rivières, the parish of Saint-Narcisse is the heart of the Mauricie region. Geography With an area of , the city territory is divided by rows: Grande Ligne (Great line), the second highest rank Saint-Felix, row Sainte-Marguerite and row "Du Barrage" (row of the Dam). The territory also includes the "lake Morin" (popularly referred to as "Petit lac" - Little Lake) which is located north of the Grande Ligne (Great Line). A line of mountains crosses the municipal territory along its entire length, separating the plate of Middle Mauricie with the plain of the Lower Mauricie. Its watershed is mostly part of the Batiscanie, except the southwest area, the limit of Champlain and of Saint-Luc-de-Vincennes. The municipality is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lordship Of Champlain
The Lordship of Champlain was granted in 1664, on the north side of the St. Lawrence River between Trois-Rivières and Quebec City, under the feudal system of New France. Today, the territory of the former manor of Champlain is located in the administrative region of Mauricie in Quebec, Canada. The capital was the town of Champlain. The Lordship of Champlain stretched from the north shore of the St. Lawrence River (west of the mouth of the Champlain River) up towards the north, parallel to the Lordship of Batiscan on the east side. The north-south dividing line between the two domains also divides the municipalities of Saint-Narcisse and Hérouxville. Toponymy During an exploration trip in 1632, Samuel de Champlain, the acknowledged founder of New France, gave his name to the Champlain River. Subsequently, the first lord, Étienne Pézard de la Touche, adopted the place name of Champlain to describe his lordship. The same place name was used by the Catholic parish at Champlain, to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lordship Of Batiscan
The Lordship of Batiscan was located on, and included 1/2 ''lieue'' of frontage along, the north shore of the St. Lawrence River (between the mouth of the Batisan and Champlain Rivers, in the current administrative area the Mauricie) in the province of Quebec, Canada. It was 20 ''lieues'' deep. Granted in 1639 to the Jesuits, colonization of the manor began in 1666, after an initial allotments were added to the census in 1665.) The northern boundary of the Lordship was past the source of the Saint-Maurice River. It was the deepest in the seigneurial system of New France. The Lordship of Batiscan became the most populous governed area of the Three Rivers by the end of the 17th Century. In the 17th century, intensive colonization of the Lordship focused on the lowlands south of the Saint-Narcisse moraine, especially between 1665 and 1674, when the Jesuits approve 79 concessions. In the 18th century, the colonization effort involved two major phases: from 1705 to 1724 and from 17 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lac-à-la-Tortue, Quebec
Lac-à-la-Tortue was a small town in the administrative region of Mauricie, in the province of Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1895, the town consisted of about 2500 inhabitants. Since January 1, 2002, Lac-à-la-Tortue has become one of the seven sectors of the new merged Shawinigan city. The Lac-à-la-Tortue area is located east of the Saint-Maurice River near the former town of Grand-Mère, east of the former city of Saint-Georges, south of Hérouxville and west of Saint-Narcisse. Lac-à-la-Tortue sector takes its toponymic origin of the lake of the same name. Despite its proximity to the Saint-Maurice River (only three km at the closest), the lake is part of the Batiscanie watershed. The discharge of the lake flows north into the Rivière La Tortue (Turtle River), who joined the Rivière des Envies (Cravings River) in Saint-Stanislas. This lake is the oldest civil seaplane base in Canada and since the 20th century has been a well known resort. Geography Ecological reserve Lac-à ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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