The Bras de la Rivière Ouelle (''in English: Arm of the Ouelle River'') is a tributary of the

Ouelle River The Ouelle River (''in French: rivière Ouelle'') is a tributary of the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. This river flows successively in the MRC of: * L'Islet Regional County Municipality (administr ...

, flowing entirely in the municipality of Tourville, in the L'Islet Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of

Chaudière-Appalaches Chaudière-Appalaches () is an administrative region in Quebec, Canada. It comprises most of what is historically known as the "Beauce" (french: La Beauce; compare with the electoral district of Beauce). It is named for the Chaudière River and ...

, in province of Quebec, in Canada.

Geography

The arm of the Ouelle River has its source at Lake Therrien (lengthː ; altitudeː ), in the canton of Fournier, in the western part of the municipality of Tourville (), in the Notre Dame Mountains. This lake is located south-west of the center of the village of Tourville, at south-west of the center of the village of Sainte-Perpétue and east of the center of the village of

Saint-Cyrille-de-Lessard Saint-Cyrille-de-Lessard is a parish municipality in Quebec, Canada. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Cyrille-de-Lessard had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a ch ...

. The Canadian National railroad runs on the northwest shore of the lake. The resort is developed on the north shore of the lake. From Lake Therrien, the arm of the Ouelle River flows over , distributed according to the following segmentsː * towards the northeast, following more or less the course of the railway, until the outlet of the lake of Athacas (coming from the northwest); * eastward, to rue Principale de Tourville, which it intersects at north-west of the village center; * towards the northeast, until its confluence where it flows into the

(coming from the south). The Rang John road bridge spans the Ouelle River and the confluence of the Ouelle River arm is located near the bridge (northwest side). This confluence is located northeast of the center of the village of Tourville.

Toponym

The origin of the toponym arm of the Ouelle River derives from the name of the Ouelle river. The toponym "R. Hoel" appears on a map designed by Jean Bourdon around 1641 to designate the Ouelle river. This designation of origin evokes Louis Houël, Sieur du Petit-Pré, controller of the salt works of Brouage, member of the Compagnie des Cent-Associés and secretary to the king. Friend and protector of

Samuel de Champlain Samuel de Champlain (; Fichier OrigineFor a detailed analysis of his baptismal record, see RitchThe baptism act does not contain information about the age of Samuel, neither his birth date nor his place of birth. – 25 December 1635) was a Fre ...

, Houël wintered in Quebec in 1640–1641. He was one of the main instigators of the Récollets coming to New France. The map drawn up by Jean Deshayes of 1695 bears the modern spelling of the Ouelle river.Source: "Names and places of Quebec", work by the Commission de toponymie du Québec, published in 1994 and 1996 in the form of an illustrated dictionary printed, and under that of a CD-ROM produced by the company Micro-Intel, in 1997, from this dictionary. The toponym "arm of the Ouelle River" was formalized on December 5, 1968, by the

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 ...

.Commission de toponymie du Québec - Place name bank - Toponymː "Bras de la rivière Ouelle" - toponymie.gouv.qc.ca

References

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Geography

Toponym

See also

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