The Palmer East River (''in French: rivière Palmer Est'') is a tributary of the
Palmer River
The Palmer River is a river located in Far North Queensland, Australia. The area surrounding the river was the site of a gold rush in the late 19th century which started in 1873.
Course and features
The headwaters of the Palmer River rise in ...
whose current flows successively into the
Bécancour River
The Bécancour River is a river flowing in the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, in Quebec, Canada.
Geography
The Bécancour takes its source from the lake of the same name in the town of Thetford Mines, in the Chaudière-Appalach ...
, then 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 ...
. The Palmer East River flows through the municipalities of
Sacré-Cœur-de-Jésus,
Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton,
Saint-Sylvestre (MRC de
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
Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton, 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 ...
(MRC), 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 East Palmer River are:
* north 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 ...
,
Fourchette River,
Filkars River
The Filkars River (''in French: rivière Filkars'') is a tributary of the Beaurivage River which is a tributary of the west bank of the Chaudière River (slope of the south bank of the St. Lawrence River). It flows in the municipalities of Sa ...
;
* east side:
rivière des Fermes,
rivière du Cinq, brook of Troisième Rang;
* south side:
Palmer River
The Palmer River is a river located in Far North Queensland, Australia. The area surrounding the river was the site of a gold rush in the late 19th century which started in 1873.
Course and features
The headwaters of the Palmer River rise in ...
,
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 ...
,
Cinque River,
Nadeau River (Nouvelle-Beauce);
* west side:
Palmer River
The Palmer River is a river located in Far North Queensland, Australia. The area surrounding the river was the site of a gold rush in the late 19th century which started in 1873.
Course and features
The headwaters of the Palmer River rise in ...
.
The Palmer East River has its source in the eighth rang, on the western slope of a mountain whose summit rises at , to the northwest of the village of
East Broughton and east of "Montagne du Neuf". This head area is located in the northwestern part of the municipality of Sacré-Cœur-de-Jésus, almost at the limit of the municipality of
Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton.
From its head area, the Palmer East River flows over divided into the following segments:
* northwesterly, up to the municipal limit of
Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton;
* northwesterly, in
Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton, to the road bridge;
* north-west, up to the 16th rang road bridge;
* north-west, up to the bridge on the 15th rang road, where it crosses a small hamlet;
* towards the north-west, in a valley bordered by mountains, to the municipal limit of
Saint-Sylvestre (MRC de
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. ...
);
* towards the west, with a curve towards the north to collect the water of the Saint-Paul stream (which descends from the mountains), up to the municipal limit of
Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds;
* towards the south-west, crossing the "route des Érablières", in
Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds, to its mouth.
The Palmer River empties onto the east bank of the
Palmer River
The Palmer River is a river located in Far North Queensland, Australia. The area surrounding the river was the site of a gold rush in the late 19th century which started in 1873.
Course and features
The headwaters of the Palmer River rise in ...
in the Municipality of
Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds. Its confluence is located downstream from the municipal boundary of
Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton.
Toponymy
The toponym Rivière Palmer Est is associated with the Rivière Palmer, the hydronym of which has been known since the second half of the XIXth. Their origin remains unknown despite research done with local pioneers and also many mining prospectors of that time.
The plans of the official cadastre, in particular the 1937 edition, indicate “Rivière des Palmes”, both for the East Palmer River and the main course of the Palmer River. However, residents of the area generally referred to this watercourse as the “Palmer River”.
Some researchers believe that "Palmer River" and "East Palmer River" derive from a phonetic transformation of "Palm River". This form would have been in use among many Irish and Scottish pioneers.
The valley of the Palmer River, immediately south of
Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton, contains varieties of reeds that people colloquially refer to as palms.
The toponym Rivière Palmer Est was formalized on December 5, 1968, 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 - Place names bank - Toponym: Rivière Palmer Est
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
Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality