The Ludgine River (''in French: rivière Ludgine'') is a tributary of the west bank of the
Chaudière River
The Chaudière River (French for "Cauldron" or "Boiler"; Abenaki: Kik8ntekw) is a river with its source near the Town of Lac-Mégantic, in southeast Quebec, Canada. From its source Lake Mégantic in the Estrie region, it runs northwards to flo ...
which flows northward to empty onto the south shore of the
St. Lawrence River.
The Ludgine River flows through
Quebec, Canada, MRC of:
*
Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality (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 ...
): municipality of
Saint-Hilaire-de-Dorset
Saint-Hilaire-de-Dorset is a parish municipality in the Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada.
The municipality is named after Hilary of Poitiers and the county of Dorset in England.
...
;
*
Le Granit Regional County Municipality
Le Granit (''Granite'') is a regional county municipality in the Estrie region of eastern Quebec, Canada. Located directly south of Quebec City, it borders the region of Chaudière-Appalaches, as well as the US states of New Hampshire and Maine. ...
(administrative region of
Estrie): municipalities of
Lac-Drolet and
Saint-Ludger;
Geography
The main neighboring
watersheds of the Ludgine river are:
* north side:
Petit Portage River
Petite or petite may refer to:
* Petit (crater), a small, bowl-shaped lunar crater on Mare Spumans
* ''Petit'' (EP), a 1995 EP by Japanese singer-songwriter Ua
*Petit (typography), another name for brevier-size type
* Petit four
*Petit Gâteau
* ...
,
rivière de la Grande Coudée
The rivière de la Grande Coudée (''in English: river of the great cub'') is a tributary of the west bank of the Chaudière River which flows northward to empty onto the south bank of the St. Lawrence River. It flows in the municipalities of Sain ...
;
* east side:
Chaudière River
The Chaudière River (French for "Cauldron" or "Boiler"; Abenaki: Kik8ntekw) is a river with its source near the Town of Lac-Mégantic, in southeast Quebec, Canada. From its source Lake Mégantic in the Estrie region, it runs northwards to flo ...
;
* south side:
Chaudière River
The Chaudière River (French for "Cauldron" or "Boiler"; Abenaki: Kik8ntekw) is a river with its source near the Town of Lac-Mégantic, in southeast Quebec, Canada. From its source Lake Mégantic in the Estrie region, it runs northwards to flo ...
,
Drolet River
The Drolet River (''in French: rivière Drolet'') is a tributary of the west bank of the Chaudière River which flows northward to empty onto the south bank of the St. Lawrence River.
The "Drolet River" flows in the municipality of Lac-Drolet, ...
;
* west side:
Drolet Lake
The Lake Drolet (''in French: lac Drolet'') is a lake located near the village of Lac-Drolet, in Le Granit Regional County Municipality, in Estrie, in Quebec, Canada. It is the source of the Drolet River, a tributary of the Chaudière River
...
,
rivière aux Bluets Sud
The Rivière aux Bluets Sud (''in English: Blueberries South River'') is a tributary of the rivière aux Bluets which flows on the east shore of Grand lac Saint François; the latter constitutes the head lake of the Saint-François River.
The ...
.
The Ludgine river has its source in a mountainous area in the canton of Dorset in the municipality of
Saint-Hilaire-de-Dorset
Saint-Hilaire-de-Dorset is a parish municipality in the Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada.
The municipality is named after Hilary of Poitiers and the county of Dorset in England.
...
. This area is located east of the municipality boundary of
Saint-Sébastien and north of the limit of the municipality of
Lac-Drolet.
From its source, the Ludgine River flows on divided into the following segments:
* south-east, in
Saint-Hilaire-de-Dorset
Saint-Hilaire-de-Dorset is a parish municipality in the Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada.
The municipality is named after Hilary of Poitiers and the county of Dorset in England.
...
, to the municipal limit of
Lac-Drolet;
* south-east, crossing the seventh rang road and the sixth rang road, to the fifth rang that it cuts at northeast of the
Drolet River
The Drolet River (''in French: rivière Drolet'') is a tributary of the west bank of the Chaudière River which flows northward to empty onto the south bank of the St. Lawrence River.
The "Drolet River" flows in the municipality of Lac-Drolet, ...
bridge;
* towards the south-east, up to the road of Rang Ludgine;
* south-east, to the intermunicipal limit of
Lac-Drolet and
Saint-Ludger;
* southeasterly into
Saint-Ludger, crossing the township of Gayhurst entirely, to its confluence.
[.]
The Ludgine River flows on the west bank of the
Chaudière River
The Chaudière River (French for "Cauldron" or "Boiler"; Abenaki: Kik8ntekw) is a river with its source near the Town of Lac-Mégantic, in southeast Quebec, Canada. From its source Lake Mégantic in the Estrie region, it runs northwards to flo ...
in the municipality of
Saint-Ludger. Its confluence is located (or in a direct line) downstream from the mouth of the
Drolet River
The Drolet River (''in French: rivière Drolet'') is a tributary of the west bank of the Chaudière River which flows northward to empty onto the south bank of the St. Lawrence River.
The "Drolet River" flows in the municipality of Lac-Drolet, ...
and upstream from the bridge of
Saint-Ludger.
Toponymy
The term "Ludgine" is a female given name of French origin.
Until recently, maps designated this watercourse under the toponym “Eugenie River”. The term "Ludgine" could be the popular diminutive of "Ludger" or the graphic synthesis of "Ludger" and "Eugenie". Another hypothesis attributes the name of "Ludgine" to an Amerindian named Eugénie, who lived in Rang Ludgine, in
Lac-Drolet, near the river. The English pronunciation of the first name would have led to the spelling "Ludgine".
The toponym “Rivière Ludgine” was made official on January 31, 1980, 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 - Toponyms: Rivière Ludgine
See also
* List of rivers of Quebec
References
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Rivers of Estrie
Rivers of Chaudière-Appalaches
Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality
Le Granit Regional County Municipality