watercourse
A stream is a continuous body of surface water flowing within the bed and banks of a channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to by a variety of local or regional names. Long large streams are ...
flowing in the municipalities of
Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier
Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier () is a municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada, located in the Jacques-Cartier River valley. It is home to the Canadian Forces Base Valcartier since World War I.
History
In 1647, Robert Giffar ...
La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality
La Jacques-Cartier is a regional county municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is in Shannon. It is named after the Jacques-Cartier River which runs through it and takes its source in its upper country.
Subdiv ...
, in the administrative region of
Capitale-Nationale
Capitale-Nationale (; en, National Capital region) is one of the 17 List of Quebec regions, administrative regions of Quebec. It is anchored by the provincial capital, Quebec City, and is largely coextensive with that city's Communauté métropol ...
, 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 ...
, in Canada.
Located in a forest environment, this river is part of the territory of the Duchesnay tourist resort. Forestry has been the dominant economic activity in this sector since XVIIIth. In XIXth the recreational-tourist activities were highlighted.
The river is generally frozen from November to April; however, the period of safe circulation on the ice is usually from mid-December to the end of March. The water level of the river varies with the seasons and the precipitation.
Geography
The "Somme river" originates from Lac Noir (about 166 m in diameter; altitude: 479 m) in the municipality of
Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier
Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier () is a municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada, located in the Jacques-Cartier River valley. It is home to the Canadian Forces Base Valcartier since World War I.
History
In 1647, Robert Giffar ...
. This lake flows from the southeast, in a discharge flowing south over 312 m, to Lake Martin (length of about 400 m; altitude: 347 m), which is surrounded by a marshy area at the 'west and north. Its 0.65 km discharge flows south to Lake Grande Ligne (417 m long; altitude: 295 m) which the current crosses for 188 m.Atlas of Canada - Department of Natural Resources Canada - Rivière de la Somme - River data calculated from the dynamic application /ref>
The discharge of the latter flows over 1.1 km in swampy area, first 0.65 km to the west, then southwest to the discharge (0.65 km long) of Lake Biferno (located in Saint-Raymond-de-Portneuf), coming from the west. Then the river flows 4.2 km south in Shannon; then east, to a stream from the north, from
Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier
Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier () is a municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada, located in the Jacques-Cartier River valley. It is home to the Canadian Forces Base Valcartier since World War I.
History
In 1647, Robert Giffar ...
. The river continues south for 1.9 km in Shannon crossing a marshy area, until the outlet of the lakes: "à la voile", "étang long", Try, "on the Island" and Ravenna.
Then the river continues south for 0.73 km to its mouth (altitude: 167 m) which flows into the Rivière aux Pins; this mouth is located 1.6 km north of the summit of
Mont Sorrel
The Battle of Mont Sorrel (''Battle of Mount Sorrel'', ''Battle of Hill 62'') was a local operation in World War I by three divisions of the British Second Army and three divisions of the German 4th Army in the Ypres Salient, near Ypres, Bel ...
This Quebec toponym originates from the river Somme which flows in the North-West of France in region
Hauts-de-France
Hauts-de-France (; pcd, Heuts-d'Franche; , also ''Upper France'') is the northernmost Regions of France, region of France, created by the territorial reform of French regions in 2014, from a merger of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy. Its Prefectu ...
. This French river crosses the two departments of
Aisne
Aisne ( , ; ; pcd, Ainne) is a French department in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France. It is named after the river Aisne. In 2019, it had a population of 531,345.Somme. This river gives its name to the department of Somme.
The Quebec toponym "rivière de la Somme" is linked to the Quebec toponym
Mont Sorrel
The Battle of Mont Sorrel (''Battle of Mount Sorrel'', ''Battle of Hill 62'') was a local operation in World War I by three divisions of the British Second Army and three divisions of the German 4th Army in the Ypres Salient, near Ypres, Bel ...
which evokes a mountain near
Ypres
Ypres ( , ; nl, Ieper ; vls, Yper; german: Ypern ) is a Belgian city and municipality in the province of West Flanders. Though
the Dutch name is the official one, the city's French name is most commonly used in English. The municipality co ...
, in Belgium, where is occurred in the salient of Ypres a battle of the
First World War
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
between three divisions of the 2e British Army and three divisions of the IVth German Army, from June 2 to June 14, 1916.
The toponym "Rivière de la Somme" was formalized on January 22, 1974, at the Place Names Bank of 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 ...
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 ...