The Beaurivage River is a tributary of the
Chaudière River which in turn flows into the
St. Lawrence River
The St. Lawrence River (french: Fleuve Saint-Laurent, ) is a large river in the middle latitudes of North America. Its headwaters begin flowing from Lake Ontario in a (roughly) northeasterly direction, into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, connecting ...
.
The Beaurivage river crosses the Quebec municipalities (in
Canada
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) of:
* MRC
Robert-Cliche Regional County Municipality
Beauce-Centre is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of southeastern Quebec, Canada. It is located on the Chaudière River, between La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality and Beauce-Sartigan Regional Cou ...
: municipality of
Saint-Séverin;
* MRC
La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality
La Nouvelle-Beauce (''New Beauce'') is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region in southeastern Quebec, Canada, south of the Saint Lawrence River. It is located south of Lévis, along the Chaudière River.
Establish ...
: municipality of
Saint-Elzéar;
* MRC of
Lotbinière Regional County Municipality
Lotbinière is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec. It is an almost exclusively rural RCM, with no village with a population above 4,000. As of the 2016 Canadian Census, the RCM had a population of 31,741. ...
: municipalities of
Saint-Sylvestre,
Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage
Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage 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 1,054 as of 2009. It is named after Saint Patrick, as ...
and
Saint-Gilles;
*
Lévis, a city.
The Beaurivage River is a river in
Quebec
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that flows from
Thetford Mines
Thetford Mines ( Canada 2021 Census population 26,072) is a city in south-central Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality.
The city is located in the Appalachian Mountains, 141 miles northeast of Montreal an ...
and empties in the
Chaudière River, near
Saint-Romuald, Quebec
Saint-Romuald is a district within the Les Chutes-de-la-Chaudière-Est borough of Lévis, Quebec, Canada, located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River across from Quebec City. The district was formerly a town (Saint-Romuald d'Etchemin) ...
. It is a body of water mostly known for its annual
canoe
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In British English, the term ...
race beginning at
Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage, Quebec and finishing at
Saint-Gilles, Quebec
Saint-Gilles is a municipality in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlant ...
.
Geography
The main neighboring
watersheds of the Beaurivage river are:
* north side:
Chaudière River,
St. Lawrence River
The St. Lawrence River (french: Fleuve Saint-Laurent, ) is a large river in the middle latitudes of North America. Its headwaters begin flowing from Lake Ontario in a (roughly) northeasterly direction, into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, connecting ...
;
* east side:
Chaudière River,
Cugnet River,
Bras d'Henri;
* south side:
Fourchette River,
Saint-André River,
Armagh River
The Armagh River (''in French: rivière Armagh'') is a tributary of the Filkars River which flows on the south bank of the Beaurivage River whose current flows successively on the west bank of the Chaudière River and on the south shore of the ...
,
Filkars River
The Filkars River (''in French: rivière Filkars'') 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 municipalities of Sa ...
,
Palmer River
The Palmer River is a river located in Far North Queensland, Australia. The area surrounding the river was the site of a gold rush in the late 19th century which started in 1873.
Course and features
The headwaters of the Palmer River rise in ...
;
* west side:
Noire 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, Q ...
,
Rouge River,
Du Chêne River,
Henri River.
The Beaurivage river is a river of
Quebec
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, whose sources begin on the heights which crown the township of Broughton, (MRC
Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality
Les Appalaches ( ''Municipalité régionale de comté des Appalaches'') is a regional county municipality (RCM) in the Chaudière-Appalaches region in southeastern Quebec, Canada. It was established in 1982 from parts of the historic counties of ...
), in the part East of the municipality of
Saint-Sylvestre, almost at the limit of
Saint-Séverin. This head area is located east of Mont Handkerchief, south-east of Mont Sainte-Marguerite, south of Mont Saint-André and west of the village of
Saint-Séverin.
Its course crosses several marshy sectors and draws many meanders. It receives the
Bras d'Henri at the height of
Saint-Gilles, then makes a bend in an easterly direction, which allows it to water
Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon and join the
Chaudière River a few kilometers before the falls, near
Saint-Rédempteur.
About long, the Beaurivage drains a basin of some .
File:La rivière Beaurivage.JPG, Rapids of the Beaurivage river behind the Gosselin mill in Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon ( Lévis)
File:Pont sur la riviere Beaurivage, Saint-Etienne, 1947.jpg, Bridge at Saint-Étienne, 1947.
Toponymy
The name of the river and its use merge with that of the seigneury of Saint-Gilles or of Beaurivage granted in
1738 to Gilles Rageot, sieur de Beaurivage. Several parishes and municipalities have retained, officially or in custom, the name of the river in their designation:
Saint-Séverin,
Saint-Gilles-de-Beaurivage,
Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage
Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage 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 1,054 as of 2009. It is named after Saint Patrick, as ...
,
Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage
Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage is a parish municipality in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,091 as of the Canada 2011 Census. It was named after the Narcisse ...
,
Saint-Sylvestre-de-Beaurivage.
The toponym Rivière Beaurivage was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the
Commission de toponymie du Québec.
Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of place names - Toponym: Rivière Beaurivage
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See also
* 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 ...
Notes and references
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Rivers of Chaudière-Appalaches
Lévis, Quebec
Lotbinière Regional County Municipality