The Rivière aux Bluets Sud (''in English: Blueberries South River'') is a tributary of the
rivière aux Bluets which flows on the east shore 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 ...
; the latter 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 Sud" crosses the territory of the municipalities of
Saint-Sébastien and
Courcelles-Saint-Évariste, 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
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, Canada.
Geography
The main hydrographic slopes close to the "Rivière aux Bluets Sud" are:
* north side:
rivière aux Bluets (Grand lac Saint François)
The rivière aux Bluets (''in English: Blueberries River'') is a tributary of Grand lac Saint François which constitutes the head lake of the Saint-François River. The course of the "Rivière aux Bluets" crosses the territory of the municipali ...
,
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 ...
;
* east side:
rivière aux Bluets (Grand lac Saint François)
The rivière aux Bluets (''in English: Blueberries River'') is a tributary of Grand lac Saint François which constitutes the head lake of the Saint-François River. The course of the "Rivière aux Bluets" crosses the territory of the municipali ...
;
* south side:
Sauvage River (Felton River);
* west side:
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 ...
.
The "Rivière aux Bluets Sud" has its source on the northern slope of the "Morne de Saint-Sébastien" at from the summit which reaches . This spring is located east of the intersection of route du rang second and route du first rang, in the village of
Saint-Sébastien.
From its source, the river flows over:
* north-west, to the rang 10 road that the river crosses at north-east of the intersection of
route 263;
* towards the north-west, to the confluence of two streams (coming from the south-west), located at east of the road to iron;
* north-east to the fourth rang road;
* north-west, up to Route du Domaine;
* north, up to a rural road;
* towards the north-west, in
Courcelles-Saint-Évariste, up to the confluence of the Castonguay stream (coming from the south);
* towards the north-west, collecting the water from the Champagne stream (coming from the south) and passing to the south-west of the village of
Courcelles-Saint-Évariste, until at its mouth.
The mouth of the "rivière aux Bleuts Sud" empties on the south shore of the
rivière aux Bluets (Grand lac Saint François)
The rivière aux Bluets (''in English: Blueberries River'') is a tributary of Grand lac Saint François which constitutes the head lake of the Saint-François River. The course of the "Rivière aux Bluets" crosses the territory of the municipali ...
, which flows north-west to flow onto the east bank of the
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 ...
.
Toponymy
The toponym "Rivière aux Bluets Sud" 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 Sud
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