The rivière Noire (''in English: Black River'') is a tributary of the
Beaurivage River
The Beaurivage River is a tributary of the Chaudière River which in turn flows into the St. Lawrence River.
The Beaurivage river crosses the Quebec municipalities (in Canada) of:
* MRC Robert-Cliche Regional County Municipality: municipality o ...
which is a tributary of the east 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 ...
(slope of the south bank 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 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
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 ...
, in Canada. It flows in the municipalities of
Saint-Flavien,
Saint-Agapit,
Saint-Gilles (
Lotbinière Regional County Municipality
Lotbinière is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec. It is an almost exclusively rural RCM, with no village with a population above 4,000. As of the 2016 Canadian Census, the RCM had a population of 31,741. ...
) and in the city of
Lévis (
Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon sector).
Geography
The main neighboring
watersheds of the Noire River are:
* north side:
Rouge River,
Aulneuse River,
Beaurivage River
The Beaurivage River is a tributary of the Chaudière River which in turn flows into the St. Lawrence River.
The Beaurivage river crosses the Quebec municipalities (in Canada) of:
* MRC Robert-Cliche Regional County Municipality: municipality o ...
,
rivière des Moulanges;
* east side:
Beaurivage River
The Beaurivage River is a tributary of the Chaudière River which in turn flows into the St. Lawrence River.
The Beaurivage river crosses the Quebec municipalities (in Canada) of:
* MRC Robert-Cliche Regional County Municipality: municipality o ...
,
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: Rivière du Loup,
rivière aux Pins,
Henri River,
rivière aux Cèdres;
* west side: Bourret stream, Bois Franc-Pierriche stream,
rivière aux Ormes,
rivière aux Cèdres,
Henri River.
The Black River has its source in the municipality of
Saint-Flavien. This headland is located southwest of
route 271, at northwest of the center of the village of
Dosquet and at southeast of the village of
Saint-Flavien.
From its source, the Black River flows on , with a drop of , divided into the following segments:
* eastward, to
route 271;
* northeasterly, to Rang des Pointes road;
* north-east, up to the limit of
Saint-Agapit;
* north-east, to the road that it intersects at north-west of the center of the village of
Saint-Agapit;
* northeasterly, up to the limit of
Saint-Gilles;
* towards the northeast, in
Saint-Gilles, crossing
route 116, to the limit of
Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon;
* north-west, up to its confluence.
The Black River empties on the west bank of the
Beaurivage River
The Beaurivage River is a tributary of the Chaudière River which in turn flows into the St. Lawrence River.
The Beaurivage river crosses the Quebec municipalities (in Canada) of:
* MRC Robert-Cliche Regional County Municipality: municipality o ...
in the hamlet "Pointe-Saint-Gilles", in the town of
Lévis (sector of
Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon).
Toponymy
The toponym "Rivière Noire" was made official on January 22, 1974, 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 ...
.
Commission de toponymie du Québec - Place name bank - Rivière Noire
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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
Lotbinière Regional County Municipality
Lévis, Quebec