The Cloutier river (''in French: rivière Cloutier'') flows in the municipalities of Sainte-Apolline-de-Patton, Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire,

Cap-Saint-Ignace Cap-Saint-Ignace is a municipality in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality within the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. It is located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River, 70 km east of Quebec City on Route 13 ...

, in the

Montmagny Regional County Municipality Montmagny is a regional county municipality (RCM) in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Montmagny is the seat. Its neighbouring RCMs are Bellechasse, Les Etchemins, and L'Islet. This area was named after Charles de Montmagny ...

, 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

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 thirtee ...

, in Canada. The Cloutier river is a tributary of the southwest shore of the

Bras Saint-Nicolas The Bras Saint-Nicolas (''in English: Saint-Nicolas Arm'') is a tributary of the south-eastern bank of the rivière du Sud (Montmagny), which flows north-east to the south bank of the St. Lawrence River. The Bras Saint-Nicolas flows in the munic ...

, which flows on the southeast shore of the

rivière du Sud (Montmagny) The rivière du Sud (''English: River of the South'') is a tributary of the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River. This watercourse flows in the municipalities of Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Quebec, Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Sainte-Euphémie-sur-Rivièr ...

; the latter flows north-east to 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 ...

Geography

The main neighboring watersheds of the Cloutier river are: * north side:

, Inconnue River; * east side: Bras Saint-Nicolas, Méchant Pouce River; * south side:

Fraser River The Fraser River is the longest river within British Columbia, Canada, rising at Fraser Pass near Blackrock Mountain in the Rocky Mountains and flowing for , into the Strait of Georgia just south of the City of Vancouver. The river's annual d ...

, Alick River; * west side:

rivière des Perdrix The rivière des Perdrix flows in the municipalities of Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Cap-Saint-Ignace and Montmagny, in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada. The Rivi� ...

. The Cloutier river "has its source on the northern slope of the

Notre Dame Mountains The Notre Dame Mountains are a portion of the Appalachian Mountains, extending from the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec to the Green Mountains of Vermont. The range runs from northeast to southwest, forming the southern edge of the St. Lawrence River ...

, in the municipality of Sainte-Apolline-de-Patton. Several branches of mountain and forest streams feed the head of the Cloutier river. From its source, the Cloutier river flows over , with a drop of , divided into the following segments: * towards the north by pronouncing a curve towards the west, in Sainte-Apolline-de-Patton, to the limit of Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire; * northward, up to the limit of the townships of Ashburton (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire) and Bourdages (Sainte-Apolline-de-Patton); * northeasterly, up to the limit between Sainte-Apolline-de-Patton and

; * by forming a loop towards the north in Cap-Saint-Ignace, up to the limit of Sainte-Apolline-de-Patton; * northeasterly, up to its confluence. The Cloutier river flows on the southwest bank of the

. This confluence is located upstream of the "Great lock" and downstream of the mouth of the Méchant Pouce River.

Toponymy

The toponym Rivière Cloutier was formalized on December 5, 1968, at 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 - Toponym: Rivière Cloutier

References

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Geography

Toponymy

See also

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