The Lemoine river (''in French: rivière Lemoine'') is a tributary of the
rivière Pot au Beurre. It generally flows north-west in the municipalities of
Saint-Louis (MRC
Les Maskoutains) and
Sainte-Victoire (MRC
Pierre-De Saurel
Pierre-De Saurel is a regional county municipality in the Montérégie region in southwestern Quebec, Canada. Originally named Le Bas-Richelieu Regional County Municipality, the name change to Pierre-De Saurel took effect on January 1, 2009. Its ...
), in the administrative region of
Montérégie
Montérégie () is an administrative region in the southwest part of Quebec. It includes the cities of Boucherville, Brossard, Châteauguay, Longueuil, Saint-Hyacinthe, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield and Vaudreuil-Dorion.
The ...
, on the South Shore of
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
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, Canada.
The economic vocation of this hydrographic slope is essentially agricultural.
Geography
The Lemoine River has its source in an agricultural zone at the confluence of the "Décharge des Huit" stream in the municipality of
Saint-Louis. This source is located near Chemin du Rang Prescott (north side).
From its source, the course of the Lemoine river descends on almost entirely in agricultural zone, with a drop of , according to the following segments:
* north-west, up to the Saint-Robert stream (coming from the east);
* west, to the bridge on Chemin du Rang Prescott;
* first south-west, curving south, then down north-west to its mouth.
The mouth of the Lemoine river corresponds to the confluence of the Benoit stream and is the source of the
rivière Pot au Beurre. From there, the current flows down the latter over to the
Yamaska River
The Yamaska River is a river in southern Quebec, Canada.
Sourcing water within the Eastern Townships, it ends its journey in Lake Saint-Pierre where it is a tributary to the Saint Lawrence River; altogether it is long. Crossing nearly twenty ...
.
Toponymy
The term "Lemoine" turns out to be a family name of French origin.
The toponym "rivière Lemoine" was made official on January 21, 1975, in the place name bank of 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 ...
.
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
Further reading
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External links
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Rivers of Montérégie
Pierre-De Saurel Regional County Municipality
Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality