The Blanche River (french: Rivière Blanche) rises in Blanc Lake and flows through the unorganized territory of Lac-Blanc and the municipality of

Rivière-à-Pierre Rivière-à-Pierre is a municipality of the Portneuf Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of the Capitale-Nationale. This area of the Laurentian Mountains is part of the Batiscanie and has more than 200 lakes. The village ...

in the MRC Portneuf, in the administrative region of

Capitale-Nationale Capitale-Nationale (; en, National Capital region) is one of the 17 List of Quebec regions, administrative regions of Quebec. It is anchored by the provincial capital, Quebec City, and is largely coextensive with that city's Communauté métropol ...

, on the North Shore of

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 ...

in the

province of 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 p ...

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Geography

The White River covers a large catchment area (adjacent to the west side of the upper basin of the

) of . Its source is Blanc Lake (Lac Blanc), where a dam is built at the mouth. Over a dozen smaller lakes from the surrounding area flow into the White Lake. Downstream, the waters of the White River flow through a series of lakes (Lupe lakes, Ralph, Gilles, Tony, Lietto and Lorenzo lakes) to the village of Rivière-à-Pierre, where its mouth pours into Rivière à Pierre. The

Portneuf Wildlife Reserve The Portneuf Wildlife Reserve is located in the province of Quebec (Canada), in the western part of the Capitale-Nationale region. This wildlife reserve is administered by SEPAQ. See also * Island of the Cross (Quebec) * Jeannotte River * Batis ...

includes the middle part of the watershed of the White River. Upstream on the White River, the southern boundary of the reserve is in a direct line from the village of Rivière-à-Pierre. The northern part of the watershed includes the Central and Perriere lakes. The northern part of the watershed of the White River is integrated into the Zec of the White River, including lakes Lorenzo and Tony.

Toponymy

The following names are all interconnected and have been included in the Bank of place names in

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 ...

(Geographical Names Board of Quebec): * " Unorganized territory of White Lake", recorded as of March 13, 1986, * " Zec of the White River", listed on 5 August 1982, * "White River", recorded December 5, 1968 * "White Lake", recorded as of December 5, 1968, is the largest lake in the Unorganized Territory of White Lake.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:White (Portneuf RCM), river Rivers of Capitale-Nationale