The Inconnue River (''in French: rivière Inconnue'') flows in the municipalities of
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 ...
and
Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, 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
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, in Canada.
The "Inconnue River" is a tributary of the east bank of the
rivière des Perdrix, which flows towards the south bank of the
Bras Saint-Nicolas; from there, the current flows to the southeast shore of the
rivière du Sud (Montmagny); 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 ...
.
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Geography
The main neighboring watersheds of the Inconnue River are:
* north side: rivière des Perdrix, 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 ...
, Bras Saint-Nicolas;
* east side: Fortin stream, Bras Saint-Nicolas, Cloutier River;
* south side: rivière des Perdrix, Cloutier River, rivière du Sud (Montmagny), Fraser River
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;
* west side: rivière des Perdrix, Morigeau River.[
The Inconnue River has its source on the north 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 township of Bourdages, in the municipality of 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 ...
. Several branches of mountain and forest streams feed the head of the Inconnue River.[
From its source, the Inconnue River flows through mountainous and forested areas over , divided into the following segments:
* southwesterly in ]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 ...
, to the limit between Cap-Saint-Ignace and Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire;
* north-west in Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, until its confluence.[
The Inconnue River flows on the east bank of the Perdrix River (Bras Saint-Nicolas) in a small valley north of the Érables mountain. This confluence is located from 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 ...
, north of the village of Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire and at southeast of the Montmagny highway bridge.
Toponymy
The toponym Rivière Inconnue 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 Inconnue
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
Montmagny Regional County Municipality