The Fortier River (''in French: rivière Fortier'') is a tributary of the
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 ...
(via
William Lake. It flows in the municipalities of
Vianney and
Saint-Ferdinand
Saint-Ferdinand is a municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of the province of Quebec in Canada. It is notable for its location on the shores of Lake William on the Bécancour River, nestled within the Appalachian foothills, making Saint ...
, in the
L'Érable Regional County Municipality
L'Érable (''Maple'') is a regional county municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada. Named for its maple trees, the area is rural in nature and is located 50 km southwest of Quebec City
Quebec City ( or ; french: ...
(MRC), in the administrative region of
Centre-du-Québec
Centre-du-Québec (, ''Central Quebec'') is a region of Quebec, Canada. The main centres are Drummondville, Victoriaville, and Bécancour. It has a land area of and a 2016 Census population of 242,399 inhabitants.
Description
The Centre-du- ...
, in
Quebec
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, in Canada.
Geography
The main neighboring
watersheds of the Fortier 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 ...
, ruisseau Pinette;
* east 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 ...
;
* south side: ruisseau Gardner;
* west side: ruisseau Larose, ruisseau Pinette.
The Fortier River has its source in the mountains, at at south-west of a summit (elevation: , at west of hamlet "Le Cent-Ans" and south of
William Lake.
From its source, the Fortier river flows over generally North, with a drop of , divided into the following segments:
* towards north, crossing "Route de Vianney", descending the mountain, to the fifth rang road;
* north, crossing the sixth rang road, collecting the water of the discharge of lake Tanguay (coming from west), collecting water from ruisseau Larose and crossing
route 165 in the hamlet Woodside, up to the mouth.
The Fortier river empties on the south-est bank of the
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 ...
(via
William Lake) at the end of a peninsula which located north of Langlois Bay. This confluence is located 3.3 km north-west of the downtown of Saint-Ferdinand.
Toponymy
The term "Fortier" turns out to be a family name of French origin.
The toponym "rivière Fortier" was made official on August 17, 1978, 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 names bank - Toponym: "rivière Fortier"
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
L'Érable Regional County Municipality