The Moïse river (''French: Rivière à Moïse'') is located in the

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in Upper Batiscanie in the administrative area of the

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, about northwest of

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. Moïse River is part of unorganized territory of Lac-Croche in Regional County Municipality (RCM) of

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. The watershed of the Moïse river is , the fourth largest pool of Batiscanie. Lakes Moïses, Rainville, Charcoal and Montendre discharge into the Moïse river, which in turn flows into the Lightning River (south-west) downstream of the mouth of Batiscan Lake, QuebecCommission de toponymie du Québec (Geographical Names Board of Québec), names and places of Quebec, the work of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (Geographical Names Board) published in 1994 and 1996 as an illustrated dictionary printed, and in that of a CD produced by Micro - Intel in 1997 from this dictionary in addition to two large notes, the course of the river to Moïse is not winding over a length of about 18 km, between the mouth of Moïse lake and Lightning River.

Toponymy

The name " River Moïse" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec. According to the commission, the surveyor's report clearly indicates Félix Pagé the presence of the river and Lake Moïse in 1887. Since 1886, when the lake is located in the large private estate Triton Tract Alexander Luders Light (1822–1894), former chief engineer of the railways to the Quebec government. In 1893, Triton has been converted Tract club hunting and fishing. Now, it is designated the Triton Fish and Game Club. A few years later, several highly renowned personalities from the

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, the

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or even

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, came to fish, such as

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, Lomer Gouin and

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. In August 1887, Edward Panet, notary Saint-Raymond goes to Moïse Lake (Quebec), with three friends to fish, assisted by four guides, including Moïses and Alexis Christmas. Moses is a Huron Jeune Lorette, today Wendake, a suburb north of the

. The name of one of the guides there a link with the name of both the river and the lake? For now, there is no evidence to support this thesis corborative.

References

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Toponymy

See also

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