The Larochelle River (''in French: rivière Larochelle'') 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 ...
. It flows in the municipalities of
Saint-Julien and
Irlande
Irlande is a municipality in Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population was 884 as of the Canada 2016 Census.
Irlande does not have a town or village centre, but the hamlet o ...
, 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 ...
(MRC), 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.
Geography
The main neighboring
watersheds of the Larochelle 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 ...
,
William Lake;
* 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 ...
, Lac à la Truite;
* south side:
Blanche River;
* west side: Côté brook,
Bulstrode River
The Bulstrode River (french: rivière Bulstrode) is a tributary of Nicolet River, in Quebec, in Canada. From its source, this river flows north, north-west, then south-west, crossing ten municipalities:
* Les Appalaches Regional County Municipalit ...
.
The Larochelle River has its source in the mountains, west at the village of
Saint-Julien, northeast of the village of
Saint-Fortunat and northwest of the village of
Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown.
From its head, the Larochelle river flows over divided into the following segments:
* towards the south-east, in the municipality of
Saint-Julien, to a forest road;
* north-east, up to the road;
* north, to the west 2e rang road;
* north, up to the hamlet "Le Cent-Ans" bridge;
* north, to the hamlet bridge "Maple Grove";
* eastward, up to its confluence.
The Larochelle river empties on the west 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 ...
. This confluence is located 1.1 east of the hamlet "Maple Grove", upstream from "Lac à la Truite" and in upstream of
William Lake.
Toponymy
The toponym "rivière Larochelle" 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 Larochelle"
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
Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality