The rivière des Perdrix flows in the municipalities of
Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire,
Cap-Saint-Ignace
Cap-Saint-Ignace is a municipality in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality within the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. It is located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River, 70 km east of Quebec City on Route 13 ...
and
Montmagny, in the
Montmagny Regional County Municipality
Montmagny is a regional county municipality (RCM) in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Montmagny is the seat. Its neighbouring RCMs are Bellechasse, Les Etchemins, and L'Islet.
This area was named after Charles de Montmagny ...
, in the administrative region of
Chaudière-Appalaches
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, in
Quebec
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, in Canada.
The Rivière des Perdrix is a tributary of the south bank of the
Bras Saint-Nicolas, which flows on the southeast bank of the
rivière du Sud (Montmagny); the latter flows north-east to 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 ...
.
Geography
The main neighboring
watersheds of the Perdrix river are:
* north side:
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 ...
,
Bras Saint-Nicolas;
* east side: Guimont stream, Bras Saint-Nicolas,
Inconnue River;
* south side:
rivière du Sud (Montmagny),
Fraser River
The Fraser River is the longest river within British Columbia, Canada, rising at Fraser Pass near Blackrock Mountain in the Rocky Mountains and flowing for , into the Strait of Georgia just south of the City of Vancouver. The river's annual d ...
,
Alick River;
* west side:
rivière du Sud (Montmagny),
Bras Saint-Nicolas.
[
The Perdrix River has its source on the northern slope of the "Maple Mountain", on the northern slope of the ]Notre Dame Mountains
The Notre Dame Mountains are a portion of the Appalachian Mountains, extending from the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec to the Green Mountains of Vermont.
The range runs from northeast to southwest, forming the southern edge of the St. Lawrence River ...
, in the municipality of Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire. Several branches of mountain and forest streams feed the head of the Perdrix River.[
From its source, the Perdrix River flows over , divided into the following segments:
* north-east in Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, to the confluence of a stream branch (coming from the south);
* northward, up to the confluence of the Inconnue River (coming from the south-east);
* north, to the limit between Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire and ]Cap-Saint-Ignace
Cap-Saint-Ignace is a municipality in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality within the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. It is located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River, 70 km east of Quebec City on Route 13 ...
;
* north, up to Chemin des Érables-Ouest;
* west, crossing the route des Pommiers, to Chemin Bellevue-Ouest;
* west, to the limit between Cap-Saint-Ignace and Montmagny;
* west, to highway 20
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International
* European route E20
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* Sturt Highway (NSW/VIC/SA)
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* BR-020
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* Alberta Highway 20
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*New B ...
;
* north, up to its confluence.[
Rivière des Perdrix flows on the south shore of Bras Saint-Nicolas. This confluence is located from the south shore of ]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 ...
, at downstream of the limit between Cap-Saint-Ignace and Montmagny, as well as upstream of the railway bridge that crosses the town of Montmagny.
Toponymy
The toponym Rivière des Perdrix 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 name bank - Toponym: Rivière des Perdrix
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
Montmagny Regional County Municipality