The rivière aux Bluets (''in English: Blueberries River'') 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 "Rivière aux Bluets" crosses the territory of the municipalities of

Saint-Hilaire-de-Dorset Saint-Hilaire-de-Dorset is a parish municipality in the Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. The municipality is named after Hilary of Poitiers and the county of Dorset in England. ...

, Courcelles-Saint-Évariste and Lambton, 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. ...

, 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 hydrographic slopes near the "Rivière aux Bluets" are: * north side:

Petite rivière Muskrat The Petite rivière Muskrat (''in English: Little Muskrat River'') is a tributary of Grand lac Saint François which constitutes the head lake of the Saint-François River. The course of the "Petite rivière Muskrat" crosses the territory of the ...

Hamel River Hamel may refer to: Places * El Hamel, Algeria, a commune * Hamel, Western Australia, a town * Hamel, Nord, France, a commune * Le Hamel (disambiguation), three communes in France * Hamel, Illinois, United States, a village * Hamel, Minnesota, ...

; * east side: rivière Grande Coudée, Petite rivière du Portage; * south side: Ludgine River, Madisson River,

; * west side: Muskrat river,

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 "Rivière aux Bluets" has its source in a mountainous area in the seventh rang, south of the village of

, north-east of the village of Saint-Sébastien, north-west of Saint-Ludger, west of

rivière de la Grande Coudée The rivière de la Grande Coudée (''in English: river of the great cub'') is a tributary of the west bank of the Chaudière River which flows northward to empty onto the south bank of the St. Lawrence River. It flows in the municipalities of Sain ...

and north of Drolet Lake. This area is located in the municipality of

in the Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality). From its head, the "Rivière aux Bluets" flows on towards the north-west, up to the municipal limit between

and Courcelles-Saint-Évariste; on north-west, to the bridge in the village of Courcelles-Saint-Évariste near the Moulin Bernier; on towards the southwest to the confluence with the rivière aux Bluets Sud located to the south of the village. The river continues its course on towards the northwest, winding up to route 108; on towards the north-west winding up to the "Terre Noire brook" (coming from the north-east); on to the north; on towards the west until its mouth. The mouth of the "rivière aux Bluets" empties at the end of a bay which constitutes an extension of the northeast shore of

Toponymy

The toponym "Rivière aux Bluets" was officially registered 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 - Bank of place names - Rivière aux Bluets (Grand lac Saint-François)

References

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Geography

Toponymy

See also

References