The Muskrat River (''in French: rivière Muskrat'') is a tributary of

Grand lac Saint François The Grand lac Saint-François is a freshwater body covering , in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in southeastern Quebec, in Canada. This water body is located in two regional county municipality: * Le Granit Regional County Mu ...

which constitutes the head lake of the

Saint-François River The Saint-François River is a right tributary of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. Its source is Lake Saint-François in Chaudière-Appalaches, southeast of Thetford Mines. It flows southwest towards Sherbrooke, where it changes course ...

. The course of the Muskrat river "crosses the territory of the municipality of

Adstock ''For the municipality in Quebec, see Adstock, Quebec'' Adstock is a village and civil parish about northwest of Winslow and southeast of Buckingham in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire. The 2001 Census recorded a parish populati ...

, 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 ...

, 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 ...

, on 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 ...

, 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 ...

, Canada.

Geography

The main neighboring watersheds of the Muskrat River are: * north side: Tardif-Bizier stream, Hamel River, Fortin-Dupuis River,

Prévost-Gilbert River The Prévost-Gilbert river (''in French: rivière Prévost-Gilbert'') is a tributary of the west bank of the Bras Saint-Victor which flows into the Chaudière River; the latter flows northward to empty on the south shore of the St. Lawrence Riv ...

; * east side: Petite rivière Muskrat; * south side:

; * west side:

rivière de l'Or The rivière de l'Or (''in English: Gold River'') is a tributary of Grand lac Saint François which constitutes the head lake of the Saint-François River. The course of the "rivière de l'Or" crosses the territory of the municipalities of Adsto ...

. The Muskrat River has its source south of the village of Saint-Method-de-Frontenac and north of Lake Rochu (altitude: ). From its head, the Muskrat River flows on westward, crossing route 267, to the east shore of Lac Bolduc (length ; maximum width: ; altitude: ) that the current crosses along its full length to the west. The south and east shores of Lake Bolduc have several dozen cabins. From Bolduc Lake, the Muskrat River flows on towards the southwest in a forest environment, collecting water from the Poulin and Rodrigue rivers and passing east of the village of Saint-Daniel, up to its mouth. The mouth of the Muskrat river flows into a marsh area (on the east side) at the bottom of the "Baie aux Rats Musqués" which is an extension of the northeast shore of

. The mouth of the Muskrat River flows at its confluence with the Petite rivière Muskrat, in the northern area of

Frontenac National Park Frontenac National Park (french: Parc national de Frontenac) is a 156.5 km2 provincial park in southeastern Quebec, Canada, created in 1987 and governed by Société des établissements de plein air du Québec. The park is located along Lac ...

Toponymy

Formerly, this river was also designated according to the French appellation: rivière aux Rats Musqués. The toponym "Rivière Muskrat" was officially registered on August 4, 1969, 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 - Rivière Muskrat

References

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Geography

Toponymy

See also

References