The Coleraine river (''in French: rivière Coleraine'') is a tributary of lake Noir whose waters flow into

lake Aylmer Lake Aylmer (french: Lac Aylmer) is a lake located on the border of the Chaudière-Appalaches and Estrie regions of Quebec, Canada. It is shared by the Regional County Municipalities The term regional county municipality or RCM (''french ...

; the latter constitutes an extension of the

Saint-François River The Saint-François River is a right tributary of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. Its source is Lake Saint-François in Chaudière-Appalaches, southeast of Thetford Mines. It flows southwest towards Sherbrooke, where it changes course ...

. The course of the Coleraine river crosses the territory of the municipalities of

Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté des Appalaches in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 2,018 as of 2009. It is named after Saint Joseph, fath ...

and Disraeli (parish), 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 ...

, 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 ...

, on 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 ...

, 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 ...

, Canada.

Geography

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

Bécancour River The Bécancour River is a river flowing in the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, in Quebec, Canada. Geography The Bécancour takes its source from the lake of the same name in the town of Thetford Mines, in the Chaudière-Appalach ...

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 ...

Larochelle River The Larochelle River (''in French: rivière Larochelle'') is a tributary of the Bécancour River. It flows in the municipalities of Saint-Julien and Irlande, in the Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region ...

, Sunday River; * east side:

; * south side:

; * 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 ...

Osgood River The Osgood River (french: rivière Osgood) is a tributary of the Palmer River, which is a tributary of the Bécancour River, in Quebec, in Canada; the latter being in turn a tributary of the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. The Osgood River ...

, Blanche River. The Coleraine River has its source at

in the mountains, between Kerr Hill (west side; altitude: ) and Mont Oak (east side; altitude: ). Its source is located one kilometer north of an abandoned quarry. From its starting point, the Coleraine river flows over with a drop of , according to these segments: * southward to the confluence of the mine brook (coming from the north) which runs along route 112; * south, to the road bridge in the village of

; * towards the south, up to the municipal limit between

and

Disraeli Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, (21 December 1804 – 19 April 1881) was a British statesman and Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He played a centr ...

; * towards the south in the territory of Disraeli (parish), up to a body of water (altitude: ) formed by a widening of the river; * towards the south, crossing this body of water over its full length, to the road bridge; * towards the south, crossing a second body of water along its full length, up to its mouth; this lake is formed by the widening of the river. The Coleraine River flows onto the north shore of Lac Noir (length: ; altitude: ). The latter lake receives on its eastern shore the waters of the

Bisby River The Bisby River is a tributary of Lac Noir whose waters flow into lake Aylmer; the latter constitutes an extension of the Saint-François River. The course of the Bisby river crosses the territory of the municipalities of Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine ...

. Black Lake connects from the south to Moose Bay, located northeast of

, the latter constituting a widening of the

. The demarcation between Disraeli (parish) and Disraeli (city) is in the middle of the lake. The resort is highly developed on the shores of

Lake Aylmer Lake Aylmer (french: Lac Aylmer) is a lake located on the border of the Chaudière-Appalaches and Estrie regions of Quebec, Canada. It is shared by the Regional County Municipalities The term regional county municipality or RCM (''french ...

, Lac Noir and the lower part of the Coleraine River. Recreational boating is very popular on these bodies of water. In addition, route 112 runs along the Coleraine River on the east bank for almost the entire length of the river and Lac Noir.

Toponymy

The toponym "Rivière Coleraine" was officially registered 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 - Bank of place names - Coleraine River

References

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Geography

Toponymy

See also

References