The Noire River (''in French: Rivière Noire'') is a tributary of the
Felton River
The rivière Felton is a tributary of Grand lac Saint François which constitutes the head lake of the Saint-François River. The course of the "Felton River" crosses the territory of the municipality of Saint-Romain, in the Le Granit Regional ...
which flows into Baie Sauvage south 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 "Black River" crosses the municipalities of
Nantes
Nantes (, , ; Gallo: or ; ) is a city in Loire-Atlantique on the Loire, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth largest in France, with a population of 314,138 in Nantes proper and a metropolitan area of nearly 1 million inhabita ...
and
Saint-Romain, in the
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. ...
(MRC), in the administrative region of
Estrie, 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 hydrographic slopes of the "Black River" are:
* north side:
Sauvage River (Felton River),
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 ...
;
* east side:
Sauvage River (Felton River);
* south side: Gunn stream,
Victoria River (Mégantic lake), Turcotte stream;
* west side:
Felton River
The rivière Felton is a tributary of Grand lac Saint François which constitutes the head lake of the Saint-François River. The course of the "Felton River" crosses the territory of the municipality of Saint-Romain, in the Le Granit Regional ...
The Black River has its source at
Whitton Lake whose southern area is made up of marshes.
From Whitton Lake, the course of the Noire River heads north, crossing
route 161 South. It first flows over , until a stream coming from the east; then west to the mouth.
The Black River empties on the east bank of the
Felton River
The rivière Felton is a tributary of Grand lac Saint François which constitutes the head lake of the Saint-François River. The course of the "Felton River" crosses the territory of the municipality of Saint-Romain, in the Le Granit Regional ...
, at the confluence of the
Blanche River, east of
route 161 South.
Toponymy
Formerly, this watercourse was known as "Whitton River".
The toponym "Rivière Noire" was officially registered on December 18, 1979, 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 Noire
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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Le Granit Regional County Municipality
Rivers of Estrie