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, 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
Quebec, in Canada.
The Rivière des Perdrix is a tributary of the south bank of the
Bras Saint-Nicolas
The Bras Saint-Nicolas (''in English: Saint-Nicolas Arm'') is a tributary of the south-eastern bank of the rivière du Sud (Montmagny), which flows north-east to the south bank of the St. Lawrence River.
The Bras Saint-Nicolas flows in the munic ...
, which flows on the southeast bank of the
rivière du Sud (Montmagny)
The rivière du Sud (''English: River of the South'') is a tributary of the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River. This watercourse flows in the municipalities of Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Quebec, Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Sainte-Euphémie-sur-Rivièr ...
; the latter flows north-east to the south shore of the
St. Lawrence River.
Geography
The main neighboring
watersheds of the Perdrix river are:
* north side:
St. Lawrence River,
Bras Saint-Nicolas
The Bras Saint-Nicolas (''in English: Saint-Nicolas Arm'') is a tributary of the south-eastern bank of the rivière du Sud (Montmagny), which flows north-east to the south bank of the St. Lawrence River.
The Bras Saint-Nicolas flows in the munic ...
;
* east side: Guimont stream, Bras Saint-Nicolas,
Inconnue River;
* south side:
rivière du Sud (Montmagny)
The rivière du Sud (''English: River of the South'') is a tributary of the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River. This watercourse flows in the municipalities of Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Quebec, Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Sainte-Euphémie-sur-Rivièr ...
,
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
The Alick River (''in French: rivière Alick'') crosses the municipalities of Saint-Paul-de-Montminy and Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Québec, i ...
;
* west side:
rivière du Sud (Montmagny)
The rivière du Sud (''English: River of the South'') is a tributary of the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River. This watercourse flows in the municipalities of Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Quebec, Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Sainte-Euphémie-sur-Rivièr ...
,
Bras Saint-Nicolas
The Bras Saint-Nicolas (''in English: Saint-Nicolas Arm'') is a tributary of the south-eastern bank of the rivière du Sud (Montmagny), which flows north-east to the south bank of the St. Lawrence River.
The Bras Saint-Nicolas flows in the munic ...
.
[
The Perdrix River has its source on the northern slope of the "Maple Mountain", on the northern slope of the Notre Dame Mountains, 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;
* north, up to its confluence.[
Rivière des Perdrix flows on the south shore of ]Bras Saint-Nicolas
The Bras Saint-Nicolas (''in English: Saint-Nicolas Arm'') is a tributary of the south-eastern bank of the rivière du Sud (Montmagny), which flows north-east to the south bank of the St. Lawrence River.
The Bras Saint-Nicolas flows in the munic ...
. This confluence is located from the south shore of St. Lawrence River, 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
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Perdrix, river
Rivers of Chaudière-Appalaches
Montmagny Regional County Municipality