The Blanche River (''in French: rivière Blanche'') is a tributary of the
rivière au Pin which is a tributary of the
Bécancour River; the latter flows onto the south shore of 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 Blanche River flows through the municipalities of
Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown and
Saint-Julien, in the
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 ...
(MRC), in the administrative region of
Chaudière-Appalaches, in
province
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of
Quebec
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, in Canada.
Geography
The main neighboring
watersheds of the Blanche river are:
* north side:
rivière au Pin,
Bécancour River, Strater pond;
* east side:
Bécancour River,
Breeches Lake,
Coleraine River;
* south side:
Coulombe North River, Aunière stream,
lake Nicolet
Lake Nicolet (''in French: lac Nicolet'') is located 50 km south of Victoriaville, in the municipality of Saints-Martyrs-Canadiens, in Arthabaska Regional County Municipality (MRC), in administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, Canada.
L ...
;
* west side:
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 trib ...
,
rivière des Vases, Grimard stream,
Bulstrode River.
The Blanche River originates in the mountains on the north shore of Lake Breeches, in the municipality of
Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown. This head area is located southeast of the “Chalet Hill” (altitude: ), at southeast of the village of
Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown and northeast of
Breeches Lake.
From its head area, the Blanche river flows over divided into the following segments:
* north, to
route 263;
* north, up to the fourth rang road bridge;
* north, to the municipal boundary between
Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown and
Saint-Julien;
* north, to a road bridge;
* east, until you reach a road;
* towards the northeast, up to its confluence.
The Blanche River empties on the west bank of the
rivière au Pin. This confluence is located east of the village of
Saint-Julien, west of Mont Caribou and downstream of the boundary between
Irlande) and
Saint-Julien.
Toponymy
The toponym “rivière Blanche” was made official on August 7, 1978, at the
Commission de toponymie du Québec.
Commission de toponymie du Québec - Place names bank - Toponym: "rivière Blanche"
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 ...
References
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Rivers of Chaudière-Appalaches
Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality