The Mongeau River (''in French: rivière Morigeau'') is a
tributary
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of the south-eastern bank of the
rivière du Sud (Montmagny), which 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 ...
.
The Morigeau river flows in the municipalities of
Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud,
Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud and
Montmagny, 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.
Geography
The main neighboring
watersheds of the Morigeau river are:
* north side:
Bras Saint-Nicolas,
rivière du Sud (Montmagny),
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 ...
;
* east side:
rivière des Perdrix, brook Guimont,
Bras Saint-Nicolas;
* south side:
rivière des Poitras;
* west side:
rivière du Sud (Montmagny).
[
The Morigeau River originates from the northeast side of route 283, in the municipality of Montmagny, only of the municipal boundary of Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire. Located in a forest and mountainous area, this source is southeast of the village of Montmagny, to the south-west of the village 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 north of the village of Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire.[
The Morigeau River flows northeast, more or less parallel (on the northeast side) to the rivière du Sud (Montmagny), to 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 ...
and to the rivière des Poitras.[
From its source, the Morigeau river flows over , divided into the following segments:
* westward in Montmagny, to the municipal boundary bridge of Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud;
* west, crossing Chemin des Merisiers-Est, to Route de Saint-Pierre;
* south-east, up to the municipal limit of Montmagny;
* to the southwest, crossing a small lake, then to the north, crossing the chemin des Prairies-Est and the chemin de l'Aqueduc, collecting the waters of the rivière des Poitras (coming from the south), to the Morigeau path in the hamlet "Morigeau";
* north, winding up to its confluence.]Berthier-sur-Mer
Berthier-sur-Mer is a town 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, east of Quebec City on Quebec Route 132, Route 132.
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.[
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Toponymy
The toponym Morigeau river 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 - List of place names - Toponym: Rivière Morigeau
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