The rivière de la Grande Coudée (''in English: river of the great cub'') is a tributary of 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 ...

which flows northward to empty onto the south bank 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

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. ...

, Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce and Saint-Martin, in the Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality, 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

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, in Canada.

Geography

The main neighboring watersheds of the Grande Coudée river are: * north side: Shenley River, Roy brook,

Pozer River The Pozer River (''in French: rivière Pozer'') is a river that originates in Shenley Township and flows into the Chaudière River at Saint-Georges. The latter flows northward to empty onto the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. It flows in ...

; * east side: Petit Portage River,

; * south side: Petit Portage River, Ludgine River; * west side: Ludgine River, Rivière aux Bluets. The Grande Coudée river has its source in a swamp straddling the townships of Dorset and Gayhurst, very close (north side) of the boundary between the Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality (RCM) and

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. ...

(RCM). Its source is located north-west of the bridge in the village of Saint-Ludger, at north-east of Drolet Lake, located in the municipality of Lac-Drolet. From its source, the Grande Coudée river flows over divided into the following segments: * towards the north-west, until the outlet of the Oliveira lake; * towards the north-west, collecting water from a stream in the locality "Les Fourches", until the outlet of Lac Rond; * northeasterly, up to the confluence of the Discharge of Lac des Îles; * northeasterly, winding up to the intermunicipal limit between

and Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce; * northeasterly, winding up to the intermunicipal limit between Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce and Saint-Martin; * towards the north-east, winding up to the confluence of a stream (coming from the north-west); * eastward, up to its confluence. The Grande Coudée River empties on the west bank of the

at Saint-Martin. Its confluence is upstream from the bridge in the village of Saint-Martin and downstream from the village of Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce.

Toponymy

In history, this watercourse has often been referred to as the “Grande Coulée”, especially since 1937. In other times, this river has been designated “Grande Coudée” by the inhabitants of this sector; and this name has been attested in particular by Vondenvelden and Charland, 1803, and Bouchette, 1832. The term "flow" popularly denotes a ravine, usually having an intermittent stream. The term "cubit" reflects the geographical particularities of the course of this river. As early as 1860, pioneers settled at the Grande Coudée, i.e. at the mouth of this watercourse. A Catholic mission will be known there under the name of Grandes-Coudées. The toponym Rivière de la Grande Coudée was made official on October 19, 1990, 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 - Toponyms: Rivière de la Grande Coudée

References

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Geography

Toponymy

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