The Noire River (''in French: rivière Noire'') is a tributary of the south bank of the
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 ...
which flows on the west bank of the
Bras Saint-Victor; the latter in turn empties onto the west 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 ...
; the latter flows northward to empty 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 ...
. It flows in the municipalities 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 ...
(Saint-Method-de-Frontenac sector and Sacré-Cœur-de-Marie-Partie-Sud sector) and
Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce, in
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 ...
, in
Quebec
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, in Canada.
Geography
The main neighboring
watersheds of the Black River are:
* north side:
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 ...
,
Nadeau River;
* east side:
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 ...
,
Bras Saint-Victor, Giguère-Fortin stream,
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: Bras Fortin-Dupuis, Tardif-Bizier stream,
Muskrat River;
* west side:
Palmer East River
The Palmer East River (''in French: rivière Palmer Est'') is a tributary of the Palmer River whose current flows successively into the Bécancour River, then on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. The Palmer East River flows through the mu ...
,
Whetstone River
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.
[
The Rivière Noire takes its source in the Petit 13e rang in the northern part of the municipality of Adstock (Saint-Method-de-Frontenac sector), at south of the top of the mountain Le Grand Morne (altitude: ), at west of a summit (altitude: ), at west of the village center of Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce, at south-east of the village center of "Saint-Coeur-de-Marie-Partie-Sud" 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 ...
.[
From its source, the Black River flows on divided into the following segments:
* towards the north, to the limit between Adstock (Saint-Method-de-Frontenac sector) and Saint-Cœur-de-Marie-Partie-Sud de Adstock;
* northeasterly, up to the municipal limit of Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce;
* north-east, passing south of Mont Le Grand Morne, to its confluence.][.]
The Black River flows in a caves valley. It empties on the south shore of the Prévost-Gilbert river in the municipality of Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce. The confluence of the Rivière Noire is located at southwest of route 271, at to the north-west of the summit of Mont de la Sucrerie and northwest of the center of the village of Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce.[
]
Toponymy
The toponym Rivière Noire was formalized on August 17, 1978, 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 - 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
Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality